By Gary Martin
Thank you, West Side Rag, for affording me the opportunity to submit my illustrations to you every week for the past year and populate them with the characters (real and imagined) that fill my life.
I am wealthy in my friends. Thank you for your ongoing support.”
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Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 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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Yay! Martoonerville! It’s a joy to come to the WSR and see your illustrations week after week. Thank you for the silly ones. Thank you for the painful ones. Thank you for the ones that make us giggle. And thank you for the ones that make us think. We appreciate you too!
Congratulations and keep up the good work. The Rag is lucky to have you.
I want to Thank my wonderful partner Nancy! I couldn’t have done it without you.
These are SO wonderful! I look forward to your cartoons every week.
Happy one-year anniversary, Martoonerville! We look forward to your clever insights and a smile every week. Hope to see much more of your work!
You’re a brilliant illustrator who shares his inner, deepest thoughts. We look forward to your weekly posts! Keep them coming!
Yes THANK YOU West Side Rag for giving us Martoonerville every week. I look forward to this every single Sunday and never ever miss! And congrats Gary Martin – WOW!!!
What a beautiful series from an extraordinary man. I look forward to his commentary each week. Please keep going!!!!!!
The feeling is mootchal!
Congratulations on this milestone, GB! I look forward to seeing what’s on your mind every week. Even at your most curmudgeonly, I can often find a giggle in Martoonerville. Or a snort. Always, though –there is a keen sense of belonging. Thank you for sharing your lens on this crazy world.
P.S. You look good in candle
P.P.S. The light socket!
Joanna – I missed the light socket altogether! Hilarious.
Congratulations, Gary and West Side Rag! You make beautiful toons together! Looking forward to many more Sundays.
Thanks Gary for a year of laughs, chuckles and sighs!!!
Love Gary’s cartoons…he gives us all a real look at the real world! Keep them coming!
Thank you for giving us a piece of the Martoonerville universe every week! Always a treat.
Wow. That year went by fast.
Thank you, Gary, for taking us through a tumultuous year with such edgy grace. Your weekly cartoon has consistently been a source of relief and of humor for me. To many more!
I look forward to your weekly illustrations. Some I relate to and some I just laugh at. Thank you
My wife shows me these illustrations. Sorry I haven’t given feedback. A smile comes to my face had so many truths in comics
The greatest comedic challenge a satirical illustrator faces is reality — for instance, https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-conspiracy-biden-robot-clone-1235352122/ . Gary handles it very well.
Hey thats me!
How sweet it is to be loved by you. Great Gary marathon of valentines to the west side and its denizens. Thanks, WSR for publishing this weekly jolt of humor and thoughtfulness.
I really look forward to Gary’s posts every Sunday. It’s nice to know that his pulse and my pulse beat in harmony. Sometimes he gets me to thinking in a different direction from my usual mode. Keep them coming please!
I really enjoy your weekly illustrations and like the arrangement where I can comment on what I see in each one. Perhaps we who comment don’t all see the same content but that’s what makes it fun! Keep on keeping on!
Congratulations, Gary–you’re well on you way to becoming an UWS institution. Soon, when people reference the neighborhood, it will be Zabar’s, The Dakota and Martoonerville,,~
Congratulations, Gary. You certainly deserve the success. You are an excellent draftsman, or draftsperson, witty, satirical, plain funny. Here’s to the next 52 weeks.
Congratulations on 52 weeks! Keep the cartoons coming.
Happy birthday! Great, as always.
Congratulations! It seems like yesterday, keep up the awesome work.
Love the Martoonerville perspective! Please keep it coming!
Congratulations, Gary Martin. Happy Anniversary. We’re all the richer for the past year’s worth of MARTOONS you’ve shared with us all. Looking forward to what is coming this next year.
Mazel Tov Gary. We are thrilled for you to be able to share your unique talent on this amazing platform. Plus Nancy’s notifications and updates are much appreciated.
Congratulations on your anniversary! I always look forward to Gary’s cartoons!
Congrats
I’ve been chuckling ever since, keep up the great work!
Gary Martin, there’s something about your illustrations that are different from the rest. You have a warm, but acerbic view of the world. You may pretend to be a cranky old man, but your followers can see through that — with cartoons like these – where you expose your soft underbelly. I’m so happy to see what comes next every week. Hope you keep going beyond this one year anniversary!
Always look forward to them! Happy anniversary!
Accolades to you, GARY!. I look forward to Martoonerville weekly. Thank you for your fabulous illustrations and unmistakable wit! Keep them coming …….
I look forward to your creations every week! Thank you for all the smiles, Gary, and thank you to West Side Rag!
Congratulations and happy 1-year anniversary! Excited to see what you have in store for the next year!
THANK YOU, GARY!
Congrats and thanks for a year of thought provoking, fun, and clever Martoonervilles. Always wonderful to see your unique take on the world through your impressive talent. Here’s to year 2!
“I am wealthy in my friends” Yes!
Thank you!
Thank you for your visionary and funny cartoon panels. You always bring a smile to my face.