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If I drew cartoons for the New Yorker—in my sleep edition

So I used to do this recurring thing on Red Eye and also on this blog where I’d mention cartoons I’d draw if I drew cartoons for the New Yorker. They were always kind of purposefully lame with perhaps a wee ribbon of clever in them although really, there was no guarantee of clever. If there was a clever surprise in there you would feel fortunate but realize it was nothing to depend on. Sort of like when the results of any sort of blood test come back and you find out that you’re not dying, if you happen to be a hypochondriac which I’m not but I’ve known a lot of them, some of whom are still alive.

Anyway, I woke up this morning with the following in my head. It’s only semi-amusing if you realize that this was dream logic—it makes little sense in waking life.

Here is the cartoon.

I’m on a corner. A cat is, well, I just realized the cat is positioned “catty corner” (ugh, sometimes my dream brain is so cliche) and the cat has its paw extended as if giving me the right of way. The caption is, “And they say feline chivalry is dead.”

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19 Responses to If I drew cartoons for the New Yorker—in my sleep edition

  1. Megyn October 24, 2009 at 9:16 am #

    lol! thats funny.

  2. Glenn Kramer October 24, 2009 at 10:14 am #

    It's bizarre, but I love it. What I don't love is that so far, nobody left any comments. Is everyone still asleep? It's after 10am pacific time….Hello, did Alison not mention she came up with this in her sleep? Most people don't even remember their dreams, much less are able to come up with the idea for a cartoon about a cat speaking about feline chivalry. It gets funnier the more I think about it. lol

  3. Megyn October 24, 2009 at 8:16 am #

    lol! thats funny.

  4. Glenn Kramer October 24, 2009 at 9:14 am #

    It’s bizarre, but I love it. What I don’t love is that so far, nobody left any comments. Is everyone still asleep? It’s after 10am pacific time….Hello, did Alison not mention she came up with this in her sleep? Most people don’t even remember their dreams, much less are able to come up with the idea for a cartoon about a cat speaking about feline chivalry. It gets funnier the more I think about it. lol

  5. boinkity October 24, 2009 at 7:13 pm #

    yeah.. I don't understand it, because I never had a cat.

  6. boinkity October 24, 2009 at 6:13 pm #

    yeah.. I don’t understand it, because I never had a cat.

  7. Joe October 25, 2009 at 5:16 am #

    I miss your New Yorker cartoons, so that was great!

    Do you remeber how one of the fans did drawings of your cartoons? Those were great too.

  8. Joe October 25, 2009 at 4:16 am #

    I miss your New Yorker cartoons, so that was great!

    Do you remeber how one of the fans used to do drawings of your cartoons? Those were great too.

  9. alisonrosen October 25, 2009 at 7:54 am #

    I do remember! It was Shamrock Republic. You can find some of them if you
    keep clicking back through “older entries” in the posts marked “If I drew
    cartoons.”

  10. Joe October 25, 2009 at 8:54 am #

    YES — it was Shamrock Republic! How could I forget?

  11. Alison Rosen October 25, 2009 at 6:54 am #

    I do remember! It was Shamrock Republic. You can find some of them if you
    keep clicking back through “older entries” in the posts marked “If I drew
    cartoons.”

  12. Joe October 25, 2009 at 7:54 am #

    YES — it was Shamrock Republic! How could I forget?

  13. Ted_Goodlove October 25, 2009 at 10:23 pm #

    If only I could rap, draw, create websites, perform video streaming services or provide some talent agent services to Alison….then I'd have a useful purpose around this joint! Until then I will enjoy being Joe's nemesis.

  14. Ted_Goodlove October 25, 2009 at 9:23 pm #

    If only I could rap, draw, create websites, perform video streaming services or provide some talent agent referrals to Alison….then I’d have a useful purpose around this joint! Until then I will enjoy being Joe’s nemesis.

    Wow, I actually feel kind of useless….but it’s still refreshing to know that I’m Alison’s favorite!

  15. Anonymous October 26, 2009 at 3:44 pm #

    “If I'd drew cartoons for the NEw Yorker, i would draw the Balloon Boy clan, HiIlary Swank (Amelia), and the pilots from the Northwest incident crashing in a plane with famed pilot Captain Sullenberger ascending in another plane……”

  16. Anonymous October 26, 2009 at 2:44 pm #

    “If I’d drew cartoons for the NEw Yorker, i would draw the Balloon Boy clan, HiIlary Swank (Amelia), and the pilots from the Northwest incident crashing in a plane with famed pilot Captain Sullenberger ascending in another plane……”

  17. Anonymous October 26, 2009 at 10:44 pm #

    “If I'd drew cartoons for the NEw Yorker, i would draw the Balloon Boy clan, HiIlary Swank (Amelia), and the pilots from the Northwest incident crashing in a plane with famed pilot Captain Sullenberger ascending in another plane……”

  18. Richard Hicks January 1, 2011 at 3:40 pm #

    I needed this. 🙂

  19. Richard Hicks January 1, 2011 at 11:40 pm #

    I needed this. 🙂

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