“Lower East Side Story”
by Eric Drooker
(For the New Yorker, 1994)
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The "B-2 Spirit Bomber," a marvel of modern technology, glides over Iran like a ghost—unseen, unheard, untouchable. Built to slip past radar and drop precision strikes from the dark, it’s not subtle about what it means: overwhelming American airpower. And here’s the kicker—each one costs $2 billion.
“Under Bridges” by Eric Drooker
As I walked along the East River one dusky winter evening searching for images, I came across two men beneath the Brooklyn Bridge. They seemed to be living there. On that cold December evening, their fire drew me in.
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“War” by Eric Drooker
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"Joyful Noise" by Eric Drooker
The New Yorker, February 28, 1994
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“Cliff Dwellers” by Eric Drooker
In their grim ascent to the top, men in business suits inhabit an amoral realm of boardrooms and penthouses. Skyscrapers stretch upward, yearning for a closer connection to heaven—Nearer, My God, to Thee.
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In the studio. . . .
NAKED CITY: A Graphic Novel
336 pages, hardcover
8.75” x 6.25” Dark Horse Books
Available at bookstores everywhere.
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The Mummy was buried alive three thousand years ago. In 1921, a team of archaeologists unearthed his tomb—and awakened something that should have slept forever. Since that day, he has walked the earth, relentless and undying—hunting for the woman he lost. . . .
“The Weight” by Eric Drooker
“Winter in America”
by Eric Drooker
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Album cover for Rage Against the Machine by Eric Drooker
“All art constantly aspires towards the condition of music.”
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Friday, Jan 30—National Shutdown
General Strike! No Work. No School. No Shopping. Stop Funding ICE.
Migrating more than 3,000 miles from the northeastern U.S. to southern Mexico, the monarch butterfly has become a powerful symbol of the immigrant rights movement.
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"Children's Games" by Eric Drooker
We joined the crowd heading toward Central Park. As the numbers swelled, the march spilled into the streets and moved toward the United Nations, demanding an end to U.S. involvement in Vietnam—with Martin Luther King at the front, leading the way.
“Oil Wars” by Eric Drooker
Ink on Scratchboard
Original drawing available:
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“Seasonal Delivery” by Eric Drooker
Every winter, I spotted him ringing his bell outside S. Klein’s department store on East 14th Street.
“But how will Santa get into the apartment?”
We lived on the seventh floor of a high-rise, and there was no chimney or fireplace for him to come down.
Had a lovely time at the Cartoon Art Museum in SF the other night. I’m always curious to confer, converse, and otherwise hobnob with my fellow cartoonists.
“The West Coaster” is an all-star exhibition that will run through February 22, 2026 at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco.
I’ll be appearing, with several cartoonist friends, at the Cartoon Art Museum in San Francisco tomorrow (Friday, 12th) night.
A reception including a panel discussion with the artists will take place from 6:30 - 8:30.
Cartoon Art Museum
781 Beach Street, Fl 1
San Francisco, CA 94109
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“Hellgate Bridge" by Eric Drooker
When I was a kid growing up in lower Manhattan, I was mesmerized by the city’s wild variety of bridges. From my bedroom window, I could see the Brooklyn Bridge in the distance, and as I grew older, I often walked across to Brooklyn.
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San Francisco, this Sunday afternoon, I’m giving a slide lecture in the Mission District at 4:30 at 1125 Valencia St., Room 316.
I’ll accompany the slideshow on a variety of instruments and will hand out posters which I’ll happily sign for you.
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San Francisco this Sunday afternoon, I’ll be giving a slide lecture in the Mission District:
December 7th at 4:30 at the Zinn Bookfair — 1125 Valencia St., Room 316.
I’ll project hundreds of my images and discuss the city’s evolving landscape.
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“Uvalde, Texas” by Eric Drooker
On May 24th, an 18-year-old gunman shot and killed nineteen children and two adults at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas. The shooter was allowed to remain in the classroom for 1 hour and 14 minutes, while Police officers chose not to breach the classroom.
“The Impossible Dream” by Eric Drooker
In the Spanish novel, Don Quixote, written in 1605, the protagonist’s mind transforms the mundane into the magical: himself into a heroic knight in armor and windmills into wicked giants.
Signed prints available:
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A knife, a fork, a bottle, and a cork.
That's the way we spell New York.
Right on.
Alex the street dancer, from “Naked City.”
Available in bookstores everywhere.
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“Grand Central Terminal” by Eric Drooker
On Sunday, March 22, 2020, at 8:00 PM, New York City entered its COVID-19 lockdown. The following morning, the New Yorker ran this haunting cover.
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I designed this poster for a May Day concert in Tompkins Square Park, in the heart of the East Village back in 1990.
For more than a century, the park was open around the clock—a liberated zone. During the Resist to Exist festival, music, poetry, and political debate filled the park.
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"Papa Gede" by Eric Drooker
In Haitian Vodou mythology, Papa Gede was the first man to die—and the first to rise again—laughing.
He wears his stovepipe hat like a crown of mischief, his lips wet with smoke and the taste of apple, sweet and rotting all at once.
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