Lectures on Tap - " Life Lessons as a Cartoonist for The New Yorker"

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🧠 Lecture: "Life Lessons as a Cartoonist for The New Yorker"

🎙️ Speaker: New Yorker Cartoonist, Jason Chatfield

Join us for an inspiring evening with New Yorker Cartoonist Jason Chatfield as he traces his wild, non-linear journey from drawing with rocks on remote Australian roads to publishing cartoons in MAD Magazine and The New Yorker.

Jason will dismantle the myth of the “lone genius” and reveal how collaboration, community, and mentorship shaped his career. Hear the story behind battling an editor over a cartoon of an elephant buying peanuts, why sharing “shower notes” and terrible rough sketches is essential to the creative process, and how to know when to listen to an editor—or ignore them completely.

He’ll share hard-won lessons on pivoting when a media mogul kills your 100-year-old comic strip, surviving rejection, and finding mentors by seeking out people doing what you want to do (and “annoying them until they teach you”).

Jason is an award-winning cartoonist, author, and comedian whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, Esquire, MAD Magazine, Variety, Wired, and more.

Get a drink, connect, and learn at Lectures on Tap! 🙌

Agenda

6:30 PM – Doors open: find a seat (open seating!), order food & drinks, and expect a bar line—arriving early is key.

6:55 PM – Host introduction

7:00 PM – Lecture begins

7:45 PM – Audience Q&A

8:00 PM – Have 1:1 time with the speaker, mingle with fellow guests, and order another round

8:30 PM – Wrap up.