original art: Not Northern Lights
original art: Not Northern Lights
The original art for this cartoon published in the New Yorker magazine March 23, 2020.
This is one of my favorites! Really highlights the subtractive nature of the medium. And I stubbornly submitted this cartoon dozens of times over several years before they decided to publish it.
Description: Two people look at the sky and what one of them thinks is the Northern Lights.
Caption: “If they turned off when you clapped, they probably weren’t the northern lights.”
India ink on scratchboard, 11 x 14”. Unframed.