This year, our cartoonists delivered tongue-in-cheek takes on restaurant wait times, bears named Teddy, a famous plumber, and more.•


bill demain, altatude, issue 28, cartoon
bill dEmain
“He says it’s about a 30-minute wait.”

lars kenseth, altatude, cartoon, issue 26
lars kenseth
“For this next draft, I’d love it if you could write from a place of being better at writing.”

ellis rosen, altatude, cartoon, issue 28
ellis rosen
“So I said to myself, ‘Mario—you’re on your last life. If you want to write a book, you have to do it now.’”

ellis rosen, altatude, cartoon, issue 26
ellis rosen
“Go ahead—what’s one soda from the minibar?”

kate isenberg, altatude, cartoon, issue 26
Kate Isenberg