Charles Addams hit me like a meteor when I was around nine years old, and I have a particular affection for the great George ...

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Emma Allen is The New Yorker’s cartoon editor and edits humor pieces for newyorker.com. Jeremy Nguyen has been contributing cartoons to The New Yorker since 2017. “Drawing Life” is part of ...