By Gary Martin
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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haha!🤣 yeah! “happy” hour hasn’t applied in quite some time!
Sunday cheers for Martoons!👏
Here’s something to be cranky about:
https://nypost.com/2026/08/08/us-news/nyc-tenant-activist-who-calls-rent-ransom-is-daughter-of-grammy-winner/
What a perfect gathering spot for WSR commenters! These last years sure have seen “Rag” take on an unintended meaning. Cheers!
Right there with ya!
I hear that place gets a lot of complaints.
Cocktails at 4:00, dinner at 5:00, tv time begins 6:00….senior schedule rocks !
But where do you crank the rest of the hours?
Gary certainly knows many of his viewers! Love his work!
I am there with you, bro!
Someday I’ll have a nice front yard that I can yell at the kids to keep off of!
At a certain point, every hour is cranky hour, right?
Lol! Love it!
Especially in this heat, it’s ALWAYS cranky hour!
hahahahahahaHA!!!
I’ll join you anytime Gary.
My cranky hours are 12mn-12m’n 😂😂😂😂😂
Do you get half price wise cracks?
Perfect
Cranky hour???? Who me? No! Wrong hours……24/7
I can’t be limited to just 2 hours!
Funny. I’m cranky 24/7. Will this get me to two hours of crankiness ?
My favorite time of the day.