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An Upper West Side Wish Come True

June 8, 2025 | 8:30 AM
in ABSURDITY, ART, COLUMNS
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By Gary Martin

See? If you put your mind to it — you CAN achieve your goals!

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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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Sharon
Sharon
11 days ago

OMG, when asked, I used to say I wanted to be an adult…one day I’ll be one.

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Jerry
Jerry
11 days ago

LOL!

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Ellen T. White
Ellen T. White
11 days ago

I wanted to be a New Yorker!

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Paula Sahli
Paula Sahli
11 days ago

It’s so true. We wanted to be older and now, looking back…be careful what you wish for. Great illustration!

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Nina
Nina
11 days ago

GOAL ACHIEVED LOL!!

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Melissa G
Melissa G
11 days ago

lol. Love this!

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Neal Leibowitz
Neal Leibowitz
11 days ago

You must have been a sickly child. This old age thing is no fun at all.

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nook
nook
11 days ago

In my mind I’m 29. My knees say otherwise. I’m just happy to be here!

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Debfrombrooklyn
Debfrombrooklyn
11 days ago

I love this one too! I am an old woman and it’s just wonderful to be old!

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Anne Watkins
Anne Watkins
11 days ago

Would love to have a more in depth interview with the Very young Gary Martin.

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Elaine
Elaine
11 days ago

Yup! 👍 and here we are 👏👏👏👏

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Laurie K
Laurie K
11 days ago

HAHAHAHA! That was a literal LOL ty!

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Howie Cherpakov
Howie Cherpakov
10 days ago

Curtain up on Season 2! When you’re young, all you want to be is older and to stay up late. When you get older all, you want to be is younger and to be able to sleep at all :-

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Nancy
Nancy
10 days ago
Reply to  Howie Cherpakov

Gary — you need to turn what Howie Cherpakov just said into a cartoon! That’s brilliant!

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David
David
10 days ago

Happy you made it.

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ecm
ecm
9 days ago

As a kid, I wanted to grow up to be a competent, dispassionate moderator.
Thankfully, I am well beyond that now.

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Joe Chiplock
Joe Chiplock
9 days ago

Me, too! And I NAILED IT!

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Therese Sargent Case
Therese Sargent Case
8 days ago

And I’m grateful to be an “old” woman! Lol!

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