Donnelly, both of these are genius. My mind went right away to the little bride and groom figurines on a cake. Why shouldn’t they have their consummation too? And the second one -- never mind the sex -- is so true of a female mind! (I was surprised to see a the topless female. I never knew the New Yorker to be that risqué. Anyway, both gave me good laugh.
Recall driving my (then) young husband out of his mind by telling him I didn’t want to tell him what I wanted for Christmas because I wanted to surprised. Cruel and unusual punishment. Omg.
Thanks, Patrick! I was surprised about the topless as well. But things have changed there since the early days...although there may have been nudity in the very early New Yorker, I just can't recall. Glad you laughed, that's my job!
Hey, I wrote the comment, the author of (shameless plug) the “Aging Graciously” Substack blog. Here is is in full: “Subscribing to @Liza Donnelly is like having your own personal New Yorker cartoonist in your pocket. When you need a laugh, you just pull her out and a guffaw fills the room.”
By the way if you want me to send you a printed and signed copy, that’ll be $99, please. 😁
Well, I think the cake stand is absolutely brilliant!! And those ten or so people who know me INCREDIBLY well know exactly why 😉 NO, IT’S NOT THAT!! I don’t know what Joe from Schenectady was thinking, but I’m almost 100% sure it wasn’t that.
I love this cartoon sex and humor go together well. And related to you in my pocket - for me it's the feeling you're perched on one of my shoulders, offering me an added perspective.
Actually, a cartoonist in the pocket also sounds suggestive to me. Which pocket, and what are they up to in there? It reminds me of the John Prine (late, great) lyric: "I got my hand in my pocket, thinkin' about you..." See? See? Filthy, in just the right way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EF9Q2m7pA
This reminded me of a class in grad school called Building a Scene (led by the talented author Lara Vapnyar) where we had to write a sex scene and post it to a closed FB group. It was designed to get us beyond our squeamishness... but it failed. 😊
Ha! It was an MFA program for serious fiction writers who want to be published... so it was a good strategy to challenge our squeamishness. It just didn't work for me; Im still squeamish. But I can write sex scenes!
Love the cartoons and the comments. Sex definitely gets people's attention, and the whole idea of how sex works in humans, in the brain as well as the physicality is easy to mine for humor.
I didn't say it, but I wish I had. Your cartoons are the best thing about the New Yorker, anyway...
Well thank you, Lee and Susan!! You just said it, and I really appreciate you saying it!
That word will always get a reader’s attention, some curious, some interested and even some angry. This on a cake stand is funny.
You left off the cream cheese icing 😉
Donnelly, both of these are genius. My mind went right away to the little bride and groom figurines on a cake. Why shouldn’t they have their consummation too? And the second one -- never mind the sex -- is so true of a female mind! (I was surprised to see a the topless female. I never knew the New Yorker to be that risqué. Anyway, both gave me good laugh.
Recall driving my (then) young husband out of his mind by telling him I didn’t want to tell him what I wanted for Christmas because I wanted to surprised. Cruel and unusual punishment. Omg.
haha!!
Thanks, Patrick! I was surprised about the topless as well. But things have changed there since the early days...although there may have been nudity in the very early New Yorker, I just can't recall. Glad you laughed, that's my job!
Hey, I wrote the comment, the author of (shameless plug) the “Aging Graciously” Substack blog. Here is is in full: “Subscribing to @Liza Donnelly is like having your own personal New Yorker cartoonist in your pocket. When you need a laugh, you just pull her out and a guffaw fills the room.”
By the way if you want me to send you a printed and signed copy, that’ll be $99, please. 😁
It was you! Thanks so much for the wonderful comment. It really was wonderful to read.
Just plain old Hawt!! Love this L!
Well, I think the cake stand is absolutely brilliant!! And those ten or so people who know me INCREDIBLY well know exactly why 😉 NO, IT’S NOT THAT!! I don’t know what Joe from Schenectady was thinking, but I’m almost 100% sure it wasn’t that.
All praise to Patrick H. Hmmm ... A NYer cartoonist in a pocket, say a shirt pocket. Wonder what that would look like. Hint, hint.
hmmmmmm.......:):)
I love this cartoon sex and humor go together well. And related to you in my pocket - for me it's the feeling you're perched on one of my shoulders, offering me an added perspective.
That's so nice of you to say, Nancy! we're all in this together!
Actually, a cartoonist in the pocket also sounds suggestive to me. Which pocket, and what are they up to in there? It reminds me of the John Prine (late, great) lyric: "I got my hand in my pocket, thinkin' about you..." See? See? Filthy, in just the right way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1EF9Q2m7pA
This reminded me of a class in grad school called Building a Scene (led by the talented author Lara Vapnyar) where we had to write a sex scene and post it to a closed FB group. It was designed to get us beyond our squeamishness... but it failed. 😊
Can you imagine a teacher trying that now?
Ha! It was an MFA program for serious fiction writers who want to be published... so it was a good strategy to challenge our squeamishness. It just didn't work for me; Im still squeamish. But I can write sex scenes!
LOL.
Love the cartoons and the comments. Sex definitely gets people's attention, and the whole idea of how sex works in humans, in the brain as well as the physicality is easy to mine for humor.
Love your two 'sex' drawings!
Love these. And I think the cake stand cartoon is hilarious—and Thurberesqe.
Thank you, LInda! That's high praise.