nathanwpyle

A beeping smoke detector is drawn in the center negative space between 4 panels Panel 1 Two characters on floor, listening for a sound below them C1 - smoke detector needs battery C2 - ok it’s below Panel 2 C1 - wait C2 - over there? Panel 3 C1 - now above? Panel 4 C2 - how is it moving

Aid Groups Blame Israel’s Gaza Restrictions for ‘Mass Starvation’

The distance between what is in happening Gaza, fully backed with US dollars and political support, and the reaction of American politicians who by and large just don’t seem to care or support it is just completely brain-breaking.

www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/w...

sign in parking lot reads: SHOPPING CART (in sans serif all caps) RETURN (in fun script)

the fun font choice here
makes it look like this is the
SHOPPING CART sequel

A dentist being holds up a scraper as a patient being sits in the chair DB: I’m here to scrape your mouth stones PB: wonderful DB: have you been forcing string PB: seldom (Patient being is now reclined in chair, with a bib on) DB: now wear the trash necklace PB: ok (DB places hand in the PB mouth) DB: now feel completely helpless PB: ohay

statue of a lion pawing at what appears to be leaves in a bowl, so it looks like a salad to me

close up of the lion statue’s face, Lion looking a bit distressed

when you ordered the
salad but then you see the
antelope burger

haha that’s a great idea for a photography group. Yeah it’s amazing how fast even a common sparrow moves, and we can’t really process all that we are watching!

a small bird taking flight but the wings are tucked in so you don’t see wings

birds are hard to draw.
one reason: photos of birds
often look absurd

Two ice hockey players on ice, then the ice is melting and they’re throwing their helmets off and then they are in water playing water polo

a cool combo sport would be "Ice Hockey But Eventually Water Polo" where they keep turning the temperature up throughout the game

take a break with crab

This is fantastic!

A cover of the New Yorker magazine for February 10th 2025. The image is of a dark, rainy street scene. One figure shelters under an umbrella and another, wearing a large raincoat, walks a sad looking dog. A large window casts warm light onto the street. Inside a woman (wearing a bright yellow coat) and her dog, look at a summery painting of a figure basking under a hot sun.

I drew the cover for this week's @newyorker.com

Cheese counter employee [standing behind cheese]: have you been helped sir? Customer: by so many people my entire life Employee [smiles warmly] Customer [smiles warmly, rests chin on hand]

A young being holding a stuffed animal stands in the hallway. Their parents are seated on the couch, and one of them looks back at the young being. PARENT1: why are you conscious Young being [shrugs] parent2: return to unconsciousness YB: why must I? P1: your body is growing YB: but you are both conscious P1: our bodies are in decline YB: that is unsettling P1: for us too P2: please be kind to us

Panel 1 a blue alien (being) plays with a laser pointer as their cat pounces on the red dot being is seated on a couch and has a video game controller in their other hand Being (to cat): ha you enjoy pretending you are a mighty hunter Panel 2: being (continued): when it is just a simulation with blinking lights Panel 3: Being puts down laser pointer and puts both hands on video game controller Panel 4: A red light flashes onto the being, bathing the room in red light

Panel 1 Being1 (with a headset microphone) sits on a stationary bike, holding two fingers on neck Being1: OK BEINGS! Now put two digits on your neck to calculate your bloodpump rate Panel 2: Being2 and Being3 sweating profusely as they work out on their stationary bikes, they are both putting 2 fingers on their neck Being2: BUT WHY? Being3: if we increase our rate we decrease our odds of perishing Panel 3: Being2: I hope we hit maximum rate Being3: no- if we hit maximum rate we could perish Panel 4: Being2: we perish in either scenario Being3: we perish in every scenario

A bowl of lettuce leaves and a wedge of cheese look at each other Lettuce: YOU MAKE ME SO MUCH BETTER Cheese: THANK YOU LETTUCE: CHEESE: Lettuce: do I…make you better CHEESE: Lettuce: CHEESE: AGAIN THANK YOU

Panel 1: We see Jupiter in space, getting plunked by a large piece of ice and complaining. Sun is in upper left corner listening. JUPITER: MOMMMM Saturn’s throwing ice again. Panel 2: Sun looks disapprovingly at Saturn who is incredulous SUN: Saturn. Saturn: it wasn’t me! Panel 3: SUN: You’re surrounded by ice. Saturn: Mars is the god of war! Panel 4 We see Mars happily playing with a rover Sun: Mars is playing with his robot Saturn: stupid Mars Panel 5: Saturn: who keeps giving robots to mars? Panel 6: Text: EARLIER… We see Earth holding a slingshot, pulling back a robot to send it to Mars Mars (in the distance): yessss

Welcome

Being1, reclining on couch covered in crumbs: I AM GOING TO BECOME A BETTER BEING Being2, standing nearby: WHEN Being1: IN A FEW DAYS Being2: OK Being2: ON THE DAY WE TRADITIONALLY BECOME BETTER BEINGS Being1: YES Being1: UNTIL THEN I WILL MILDY DEBASE MYSELF Beong2: TO MAXIMIZE CONTRAST Being1: EXACTLY

you supported local business and STILL have cheesecake to eat tomorrow, a win win

Panel 1: a young being approaches their lifegivers in a messy, festive room. There are boxes and wrapping paper strewn about. The lifegivers are reclined on couches YB: May I have more festive day sweets Panel 2 Lifegiver1: absolutely Lifegiver2: why not YB: wait really Panel 3: LG1: seems fine LG2: proceed YB: wow Panel 4 LG1: regulations are suspended LG2: time is immaterial YB: what is occurring

an illustration of a mountainous green island surrounded by blue water, with a nice little lake in the middle

a pile of half-melted snow in a dirty parking lot - that is shaped exactly like the illustration of the mountainous green island surrounded by blue water, with a nice little lake in the middle

as the weather turns cold, remember: if you are designing a fictional island, try taking a few photos in the grocery store parking lot

Two beings sit at a restaurant table. Server brings a very hot pizza to table saying YOU WILL SINGE YOUR FLAVORMUSCLE IF YOU INGEST THIS IMMEDIATELY Left being and right being sit and look at hot pizza Right being lifts a slice to their mouth Left being raises a finger: THE PROPHECY Right being: I have singed my flavormuscle

It’s a drawing of a two cats but they way they are arranged, it also kind of looks like a skull

Client 1: draw a skull
Client 2: draw 2 cats

Me [bcc’ing both clients]: done