Bob Eckstein
@bobeckstein
NY Time bestseller, New Yorker cartoonist. Expert of bookstores, museums, cartoons, and snowmen. Substack The Bob. Bestseller Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums. CE Writer’s Digest.
Tuesday at 1pm I’m sharing the most important information you will ever need in your life; how to be funnier. Go to the link to join for free. tinyurl.com/3bpvnafk
Where did the year go? Today is International Cat Day, again. I share this essential reading list to cat lovers which includes, buddies Francesco Marciuliano and Nava Atlas, and meow. @chroniclebooks.bsky.social @fmarciuliano.bsky.social @bookshop.org bookshop.org/lists/charme...
Happy National Lighthouse Day! Special thanks to the National Lighthouse Museum. Illustrations from my book Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums by Chronicle Books.
BREAKING: We have brought someone in for questioning. We have her on video stealing birdseed in the art studio. Apologies to the squirrel. I put space foam in a sliver of a space found in a back cabinet. Last night no visitors. We are letting the suspect free with a bag of nuts and seeds.
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All across the city, everyone is celebrating this morning…the birthday of one of America’s most important writers, Harriet Beecher Stowe, born in Litchfield, Connecticut, in 1811. Her tale of slavery, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, was a national sensation. Illustration from the new book Inspired by Cats
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"Comparison is the thief of joy." —Theodore Roosevelt. Great writing advice (terrible tattoo). Want more pearls of wisdom like this? I’m doing a FREE chat at Known Grove Books at 2:30 pm at 849 Main St, Honesdale, Pa. Bring questions on humor & publishing. @wwnorton.com @chroniclebooks.bsky.social
WRITERS! You are welcome to join me for a FREE intimate chat, with you, about writing, publishing, and how to write funnier this Sunday (May 24th) at 2:30 pm. It will include a slideshow of cartoons and my latest drawings. The event is at Known Grove Books & More, 849 Main St, Honesdale, PA.
Happy Independent Bookstore Day! All day long I will be drawing indie bookstores nonstop and posting them as fast as I can. First up is Aesop’s Fable in Holliston, Massachusetts (400 Washington Street) aesopsfable.com
For Indie Bookstore Day, there is a bookstore crawl, w. six NYC bookstores. Purchase one bk from all stores, for chance to win a big prize. Fountain Bookshop, Recirculation, @wordupbooks.bsky.social, Sisters Uptown Bookstore & two @bookculture.com locations.
What Jesus probably would NOT do, but I’m doing anyway—T-shirts. Thanks American Bystander for setting this up and watching my back. If you are seeing my cartoon on crap elsewhere, it’s being stolen. Thanks. And sorry. tinyurl.com/3c7f7777
Thanks for coming to my session. We ran out of time but I will answer ALL your questions in my newsletter, The Bob. I will upgrade all @ermabombeck.bsky.social Writers Workshop attendees (including virtual) to FREE paid subscriptions. USE LINK to sign up thebob.substack.com
My latest political OpEd. (plus cartoons and a review of the @hbomax.bsky.social series, Neighbors) tinyurl.com/yjfw9h9x
Anyone else been watching Neighbors? Curious if others find it enjoyable or just upsetting.
Happy Snowman Burning Day! I know, where did the month go? Celebrated to mark the end of winter. Inspired by a German festival and the Swiss holiday Sechseläuten when a flammable snowman is burned to symbolically drive away Winter. Images from The Illustrated History of the Snowman.
Happy World Oral Health Day! I celebrated by chatting with the world-famous cartoonist & orthodontist, Grant Snider. tinyurl.com/2kmnurfb