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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OMG, when asked, I used to say I wanted to be an adult…one day I’ll be one.
LOL!
I wanted to be a New Yorker!
It’s so true. We wanted to be older and now, looking back…be careful what you wish for. Great illustration!
GOAL ACHIEVED LOL!!
lol. Love this!
You must have been a sickly child. This old age thing is no fun at all.
In my mind I’m 29. My knees say otherwise. I’m just happy to be here!
I love this one too! I am an old woman and it’s just wonderful to be old!
Would love to have a more in depth interview with the Very young Gary Martin.
Yup! 👍 and here we are 👏👏👏👏
HAHAHAHA! That was a literal LOL ty!
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 :-
Gary — you need to turn what Howie Cherpakov just said into a cartoon! That’s brilliant!
Happy you made it.
As a kid, I wanted to grow up to be a competent, dispassionate moderator.
Thankfully, I am well beyond that now.
Me, too! And I NAILED IT!
And I’m grateful to be an “old” woman! Lol!