Kind of depressing how he didn't end up seeing it through, but I get it.
The point itself of the story seemed very 'New Yorker' in and of itself - a kind of existential, staring out the window looking at the rain kind of feeling.
Cool to kind of get a window into the process, but I don't think anyone imagines that you could make a 'living' as a gag cartoonist. I'd automatically imagine you'd also be doing other work.
It used to be possible. I had college professors that did it for decades from the 60's until the mid-90's, when computers started killing off previously imaginable ways of life.
The point itself of the story seemed very 'New Yorker' in and of itself - a kind of existential, staring out the window looking at the rain kind of feeling.
Cool to kind of get a window into the process, but I don't think anyone imagines that you could make a 'living' as a gag cartoonist. I'd automatically imagine you'd also be doing other work.