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New York Cartoons

Jason Chatfield, Nishant Jain, Michael Gerber, Grant Snider
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  • Jason Chatfield

    Human artist working by hand. New Yorker Cartoonist, Author & Comedian in NYC. Cartoon Editor of The Metropolitan Review, Former President of the National Cartoonists Society & Artist for Waking Up app. NEW BOOK OUT OCT 13!

  • Nishant Jain

    Secretly drawn art of the world, delivered to your inbox. | Author of “Make (Sneaky) Art: and other ideas to build your sketchbook habit” | Vancouver, Canada.

  • Michael Gerber

    Editor & Publisher of America's all-star print humor quarterly, since October 2015.

  • Grant Snider

    Creator of Incidental Comics and picture books. Keeper of sketchbooks, loser of pens.

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