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May is going to be very busy...

Dana Maier April 27, 2023

Here’s a bunch of events I’m doing to launch Skip to the Fun Parts with some of my favorite people! More details, tickets, and RSVPs here.

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AboutDanaJeriMaier

📣 COVER REVEAL! 📣 I spent the last couple of years writing a book called Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints About the Creative Process, a collection of cartoons and essays about creativity. (Originally pitched as a "creative guide

📣 COVER REVEAL! 📣 I spent the last couple of years writing a book called Skip to the Fun Parts: Cartoons and Complaints About the Creative Process, a collection of cartoons and essays about creativity. (Originally pitched as a "creative guide for a sort of people who hate creative guides" but that was too wordy for a subtitle, and also maybe a little unkind to our target audience.) It's the book I wish I had when I was trying to figure out what kind of artist I wanted to be. It will be released May 2023 and pre-orders are available now! I’ll be posting more previews, art giveaways and other fun stuff, so you also might want to sign up for my mailing list while you’re at it. As always, an enormous thanks to my incredible agent @meg_thompson, and the esteemed @andrewsmcmeel.

April 2023
- Apr 27, 2023 May is going to be very busy... Apr 27, 2023
March 2023
- Mar 10, 2023 What Makes a Good Museum? Dumb Answers Only! Mar 10, 2023
February 2023
- Feb 24, 2023 Some praise for Skip to the Fun Parts Feb 24, 2023
October 2022
- Oct 28, 2022 Skip to the Fun Parts is available to pre-order! Oct 28, 2022
- Oct 25, 2022 O Turtle Oct 25, 2022
August 2022
- Aug 7, 2022 New Yorker Daily Shout: "When You Should Be Offended, But It's Actually Kind of Sad" Aug 7, 2022
September 2021
- Sep 30, 2021 New Yorker Daily Shout: "If Your Desk Contains the Following" Sep 30, 2021
April 2021
- Apr 27, 2021 Big, exciting, life-changing news! Apr 27, 2021
March 2021
- Mar 4, 2021 Phillips Collection 100 Stories Illustrations Mar 4, 2021
February 2021
- Feb 7, 2021 Latest New Yorker Daily Shout: "Know Your Exercises" Feb 7, 2021
December 2020
- Dec 30, 2020 Cats on the Bed! Dec 30, 2020
August 2020
- Aug 7, 2020 Latest New Yorker Daily Shouts: "Know Your Procrastination Style" Aug 7, 2020
April 2020
- Apr 9, 2020 Commuting Awards that Were Cancelled Due to the Coronavirus Apr 9, 2020
October 2019
- Oct 25, 2019 The Worst Meeting: A Cast of Characters Oct 25, 2019
August 2019
- Aug 22, 2019 How to Enjoy the Phillips Gallery: A Flowchart Aug 22, 2019
- Aug 21, 2019 The New Yorker Daily Shouts: "Know Your Drinks" Aug 21, 2019
July 2019
- Jul 7, 2019 Little Lending Libraries in New Yorker's Daily Shouts Jul 7, 2019
June 2019
- Jun 29, 2019 DC Art Book Fair #3 Jun 29, 2019
April 2019
- Apr 28, 2019 New Yorker Daily Shout: Friendly Reminders Apr 28, 2019
March 2019
- Mar 27, 2019 Secret Shames of the "Queer Eye" Hosts Mar 27, 2019
December 2018
- Dec 5, 2018 My New Yorker debut: "Fashionable Outfits for Working from Home" Dec 5, 2018
April 2018
- Apr 25, 2018 How a doodle becomes a wedding ring Apr 25, 2018
- Apr 2, 2018 Live drawing at OWN IT 2018 Apr 2, 2018
March 2018
- Mar 18, 2018 Warm-up drawings: Animal Friends edition Mar 18, 2018
February 2018
- Feb 25, 2018 A "You, Me, Them, Everybody" Poster Feb 25, 2018
January 2018
- Jan 15, 2018 My Reading Year 2017: "Huh, so I guess I'm a political junkie now?" edition Jan 15, 2018
December 2017
- Dec 23, 2017 Aviation Meets Art, 2017 Dec 23, 2017
September 2017
- Sep 6, 2017 Wheatpasting workshops for #uncensoredDC Sep 6, 2017
August 2017
- Aug 5, 2017 New mural at CHIKO Aug 5, 2017
May 2017
- May 19, 2017 Hello from Vancouver May 19, 2017
February 2017
- Feb 27, 2017 What I Learned Drawing a Bi-Weekly Comic for a Little Over a Year Feb 27, 2017
- Feb 3, 2017 Wheatpasting for Beginners Feb 3, 2017
December 2016
- Dec 31, 2016 My Reading Year 2016: Cranky Edition Dec 31, 2016
- Dec 29, 2016 Resist! and other cartoons Dec 29, 2016
November 2016
- Nov 30, 2016 A New Ketubah Nov 30, 2016
October 2016
- Oct 17, 2016 Art for sale at the DC Design Week Pop-Up Shop Oct 17, 2016
September 2016
- Sep 25, 2016 The Creative Process, Parts 1 - 6 Sep 25, 2016
- Sep 14, 2016 Evolution of the Social Media Fairy Sep 14, 2016
- Sep 4, 2016 Barry Gallery B+W Show Sep 4, 2016
August 2016
- Aug 4, 2016 RIP Richard Thompson Aug 4, 2016
June 2016
- Jun 19, 2016 Sketches from ContraryCon Jun 19, 2016
- Jun 8, 2016 Slow Pens vs. Fast Pens Jun 8, 2016
- Jun 2, 2016 New Mini Comic Jun 2, 2016
March 2016
- Mar 17, 2016 Drawings at G by Mike Isabella Mar 17, 2016
February 2016
- Feb 22, 2016 Self help section Feb 22, 2016
January 2016
- Jan 18, 2016 The Worried Well premiers on GoComics today Jan 18, 2016
- Jan 16, 2016 Some recent nonsense Jan 16, 2016
- Jan 8, 2016 My Reading Year 2015 Jan 8, 2016
November 2015
- Nov 30, 2015 Cars, sort of Nov 30, 2015
- Nov 24, 2015 Fear series Nov 24, 2015
- Nov 9, 2015 Social Media Fairy Nov 9, 2015
October 2015
- Oct 31, 2015 Belated Bentzen Ball Wrap Up Oct 31, 2015
September 2015
- Sep 30, 2015 Thoughts from an SPX First Timer Sep 30, 2015
- Sep 23, 2015 Stuff you can buy Sep 23, 2015
- Sep 14, 2015 SPX this weekend! Sep 14, 2015
July 2015
- Jul 14, 2015 A few new cartoons Jul 14, 2015
June 2015
- Jun 23, 2015 Studio Visit with Brightest Young Things Jun 23, 2015
May 2015
- May 20, 2015 Exhibition at Wild Hand Workspace this June May 20, 2015
March 2015
- Mar 24, 2015 Debuting at the Small Press Expo Mar 24, 2015
February 2015
- Feb 17, 2015 Museum Guide, Updated Feb 17, 2015
December 2014
- Dec 30, 2014 My Reading Year 2014 Dec 30, 2014
- Dec 22, 2014 Cartoon in progress Dec 22, 2014
- Dec 8, 2014 Drawings for Sale Dec 8, 2014
- Dec 4, 2014 The Art of Richard Thompson Dec 4, 2014
- Dec 2, 2014 The Illustrated Guide to the $14 Cocktail Dec 2, 2014
November 2014
- Nov 26, 2014 Sketches from the Metro Nov 26, 2014
- Nov 20, 2014 Art and Audiobooks, Part 2 Nov 20, 2014
- Nov 13, 2014 Doesn't Everyone Like Bikes? Nov 13, 2014
October 2014
- Oct 30, 2014 ArtCrank DC Oct 30, 2014
September 2014
- Sep 11, 2014 You May Have Noticed Sep 11, 2014
July 2014
- Jul 1, 2014 You Can't Put Art on a Pedestal Jul 1, 2014
May 2014
- May 16, 2014 Hand drawn museum guide: a preview May 16, 2014
April 2014
- Apr 9, 2014 The Whitney Biennial Curator's Statements, Edited (sort of) Apr 9, 2014
March 2014
- Mar 28, 2014 Art and Rejection Mar 28, 2014
January 2014
- Jan 18, 2014 The "Bad Art Writing" folder Jan 18, 2014
December 2013
- Dec 20, 2013 Too much stuff Dec 20, 2013
- Dec 10, 2013 My Reading Year: 2013 Dec 10, 2013
November 2013
- Nov 22, 2013 Maps, Coasters and Cats Nov 22, 2013
- Nov 15, 2013 The Art of the Kitty Cat Nov 15, 2013
- Nov 12, 2013 Some praise for the Handbook Nov 12, 2013
October 2013
- Oct 17, 2013 October update Oct 17, 2013
- Oct 1, 2013 (e)merge and the Debut of The Handbook Oct 1, 2013
September 2013
- Sep 1, 2013 Artist talk Q&A with essayist Tim Kreider Sep 1, 2013
August 2013
- Aug 19, 2013 Why I Am Not An Illustrator Aug 19, 2013
- Aug 14, 2013 If We Could All Agree Not to Care, We Wouldn't Have to Do This: the Recap Aug 14, 2013
- Aug 4, 2013 Installation in progress Aug 4, 2013
July 2013
- Jul 14, 2013 The Art of the Wedding Jul 14, 2013
June 2013
- Jun 21, 2013 If We Could All Agree Not to Care, We Wouldn't Have to Do This Jun 21, 2013
May 2013
- May 27, 2013 The topic that never gets old May 27, 2013

When to do lists meet art. #theworriedwell #acreativedc #todolists

When to do lists meet art. #theworriedwell #acreativedc #todolists