Clark Gregory
A tenured cartoonist who has been with the magazine for nearly 10 years and finds the work fulfilling.
Highlight Bits & Quotes
13The Inherent Human Desire for Credit Card Points
Clark Gregory pitches a series of increasingly absurd cartoon scenarios where characters, including a dying man and a leaf-carrying ant, prioritize earning airline miles and credit card points over their immediate circumstances.
"There's something inherently human about wanting points."
"Use my miles for something good."
"What's the APR on that?"
The Political Impact of Saturday Golf
The cartoonists discuss the visceral impact of their work, claiming their 'Saturday Golf' comic about tax dollars directly caused a president to lose reelection, despite the comic never actually being published.
"It was like he was hitting the tax dollars right into the golf."
"I mean he didn't get reelected and that comic didn't come out."
"Where's the water? It's going to AI."
The Lily Allen Butt Plug Failure
David Child Imogen reflects on a failed comic involving a Lily Allen merch line, leading to a discussion about their silent, hunched-over editor who selects comics like a high school theater cast list.
"A butt plug with Lily Allen's face on the top of it and then it said now available on iTunes."
"We have the oldest man you could find with the worst posture you've ever seen."
"Don't bring sand to the beach. There's already sand."
The 2026 Collaboration Initiative
The group attempts to 'collab' by having one person describe a complex visual while another provides a non-sequitur caption, resulting in a confusing comic about AMC Stubs members and a mouse losing his job.
"Is anybody an AMC Stubs member anymore?"
"Honey, I lost my job. Rats."
"They don't call it a job because they actually enjoy labor."
The Impossible Social Calendar
The cartoonists one-up each other with increasingly bizarre and high-brow social events they are attending, ranging from sitar lessons with Lin-Manuel Miranda to reorganizing the Met with Marie Kondo.
"I'm seeing Jason Alexander read Miranda July at Tavern on the Green."
"We're getting rid of every painting that doesn't spark joy."
"Skims in conversation with Carla Hall and Ichiro Suzuki featuring music from The Mountain Goats."
Siri Interrupting Historical and Cinematic Moments
The panel brainstorms cartoons where Siri's 'I didn't quite get that' response ruins iconic moments, from Jack Nicholson in The Shining to Ronald Reagan at the Berlin Wall.
"Siri says, 'I'm sorry. I didn't quite get that.'"
"Mr. Gorbachev holds up his phone. Sorry, I didn't quite get that."
Guy Forth's Post-Apocalyptic Animal Lore
Guy Forth explains his 'slice of life' comics which actually form a deep narrative about a virus killing all humans and animals taking over human civilization, wearing suits and maintaining control.
"Virus X is coming back for the humans."
"If you connect all of mine you're going to find a real narrative."
The 'My Boy Amos' Office Tradition
David Child Imogen and Clark Gregory demonstrate their bizarre office dynamic involving a repetitive folk song about 'My Boy Amos' who hates the flute, which they claim is essential office culture lost to remote work.
"My boy Amos who hates the flute."
"Working from home is ruining office culture."
Ellen Penellapano: The Nepo Lady of 49
Ellen reveals she is a 'nepo lady' whose father was a legendary cartoonist. She insists she is 49 years old despite her father's career dating back to the 1910s, leading to a series of cartoons about her perpetual 49th birthday.
"I'm a Nepo lady."
"A girl in a birthday hat looks to somebody else. Come to the steakhouse this week. We're doing my 49th birthday."
The Free Public Radio Event Spiral
The group competes to list increasingly absurd free public radio-sponsored events they attend, ranging from Terry Gross's Peloton class to Bindi Irwin leading an anti-racist walkthrough at a park.
"Have you guys done Terry Gross's Pelaton class?"
"Bindi Irwin is doing an active walkthrough about how to be anti-racist at the half shell."
Absurdist Celebrity Event One-Upsmanship
The panelists continue their frantic listing of niche events, including Andre 3000 performing a one-man Vagina Monologues and Kim Cattrall reading guitar tabs at a bookstore.
"Andre 3000 is at the Geffen doing the Vagina Monologues. One man Vagina Monologues."
"Kim Cattrall is reading the guitar tabs of Yesterday."
The New Yorker Comic Backstories
The cartoonists describe the 'deep' backstories of their single-panel comics, involving existential dread, family trauma, and a piece of bread looking for a gluten-free option for living.
"I was falling into a tube that said Nepo and the sky read societal expectations."
"It is a piece of bread walking into a loaf like it's joining a loaf, a slice of bread."
The New Yorker Cartoonist Roundtable Introduction
The hosts introduce a panel of elite cartoonists from The New Yorker, emphasizing their role as the 'last fighters of democracy' who distill complex human truths into single-panel drawings with one-line captions.
"Get ready to look at a one panel picture with a one line under it."