By Gary Martin
What I did for love.
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Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for over 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe. See them all here. For a broader range of Gary’s work, including animations and other motion graphics, please visit www.martoons.com
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Wish me luck, the same to youuuu!
Wishing everyone a happy, healthy and safe new year. Thank you for a year’s worth of thoughtful comments and suggestions.
You as well!
This year and any year like it. Good riddance.
Aw!
Wish me luck, the same to you.
Happy New Year!!!
I’m ready to kiss it goodbye too! HNY!
Health, love and peace….the rest is just noise. Cheers.
Thanks, Gary, for making the last few months a lot more fun.
Why? What happened in 2024 that was so horrible? Are you UWS people so traumatized by life all the time?
Were you here for the election?
Yes I was, and? I voted for the candidate that lost, ok, disappointed, but I moved on with my life. I do not let politics define my identity all day long. You guys should try.
— “Are you UWS people so traumatized by life all the time?”
If you lived here, you’d understand.
(And a happy and healthy new year to all my UWS neighbors, and to Mr. Martin and all our friends at the Rag!)
Happy new year, and thanks for all the smiles this year, Gary!
Looks like the UWS progressive crowd still needs some serious therapy…
Gary! You and the birds grace our lives with song in our precious parks. Thank you for all your love notes via the Rag this year. Thank you West Side Rag for adding Martoonerville’s voice to your community minded coverage! Love the Joan of Arc cameo in this. For any upper west sider who enjoys the beauty of Riverside Park and Joan of Arc Park, now is a great time to make a contribution to keep their initiatives strong. Here are the links for Joan of Arc and the Riverside Park Conservancy Conservancy. https://riversideparknyc.org/joan-of-arc-statue-committee/. and https://riversideparknyc.org/
To a New Year filled with kindness to each other!
Thank you for all the entertaining, insightful, and humorous moments you have provided us in 2024, Gary Martin. Looking forward to a full year of MARTOONERVILLE cartoons in 2025. (And thanks for the cameo appearance of our neighbor Franz Sigel!)