I’m not a big griller, but I do love grilled food. I have empathy for an overworked grill. See above cartoon. I have done other grill cartoons, the two below were in The New Yorker a while ago.
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It seems I may have a grill obsession. Or, I enjoy it when others have obsessions, they are good fodder for a cartoon. And grilling typically is a “guy” thing, and I find it rather fun to tease guys.
One of my favorite cartoons by one of my favorite New Yorker cartoonists, Jack Ziegler, is about a man and his grilling. It’s also the title of one of his collections, Hamburger Madness, that I discovered before I knew him. It’s how I really became familiar with his work. Jack was a wonderful person and cartoonist, who died too young several years ago. He was a generation older than me, and his oddball sense of humor of his cartoons influenced me, although it may not be visible. I would study that collection and think to myself, you can do THAT? Jack’s work opened up all kinds of creative possibilities.
I miss Jack, he was like an older brother to me, and I so loved his quirky sense of humor. His cartoons and books survive, and I am very grateful. Go look at his work! You will be glad you did.
"... but I haven't uncovered them yet." Brilliant!
Leave it to men to take an elementary cooking technique (5 minutes, then flip) and claim that it’s an art form.