Art Department Weekly | Issue 100 Vol. 12

ADW ART DEPARTMENT WEEKLY ISSUE 100 VOL. 12

HITTING REFRESH

UPDATES ON STORIES WE RAN THE FIRST YEAR

WHERE ARE THEY

NOW?

100 More

THAN SOME EXPECTED

Throwbacks Galore!

FLASHBACK 11 YEARS LIKE A WHOLE OTHER LIFETIME

YOU ARE HERE

EAT UP

MAKING A NAME

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A TIGHT KNIT THE DRAMA GROUP

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SO SO GLAMOROUS GLAMOROUS

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FOOD

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ARTIST WE LOVE

ARTIST WE LOVE

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MINI BOARD

MINI BOARD

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OVERHEARD

OVERHEARD

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LOST & FOUND

LOST & FOUND

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FOUND TV & MOVIES

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HOT MAYORS

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DRM

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REVISITING

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INDELIBLE FUNK

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OLD WORK

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5 THINGS

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INDELIBLE FUNK

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IN THIS ISSUE 3

Editor’s Letter

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Mini Board

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A Tight Knight Group

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How ADW started

Start Here Luis made a joke that went on for more than a year

10 The Drama

Plotlines and one-offs

12 Food

Eating is important

14 Overheard

Some stand out quotes from Issues 53 through 99.

18 So Glamorous

Tuxedos and celebrities

20 Artist We Love

Jim Lee inspires Luis

22 Lost & Found

Too fun not to share again

24 Entertainment

What would we have discussed

26 Hot Mayors

An update for 2020

28 A Note From the Doctor

Catching up with John Villanova

30 Adulting with Dan

DRM tells us how he’s been

32 Indelible Funk

Anthony brings us up to speed

38 The Biggest Issue How ADW grew

44 Revisiting Old Work

What Madeline’s up to now

48 Five Things

Luis is thinking about

The cover is upcycled from the 2017 year in review issue

ART DEPARTMENT WEEKLY LUIS VEGA CHIEF CONTENT OFFICER MADELINE STRUM MANAGING EDITOR COVER MADELINE STRUM PHOTOGRAPHY

WE MADE IT ADW hits the century mark. I remember the humble beginnings of this little publication. It started out as a little art department joke and quickly grew into one of the best experiences I’ve ever had in my long career in publishing. It became so much more than just an art project and started to unite the entire publishing team at Niche. As word of mouth grew, we started to receive contributions from literally every part of the company.

Art contributed from day one, it was the little magazine which gave us a voice. Us artists like to think we are so much more than just our beautiful creations. We have voices as well, and ADW proved that. Shortly thereafter, we started to receive contributions from the copy and facts departments, the managing editors jumped in, IT wanted in, even our friends in sales contributed.

Literally contributions from all over the company. It was exhilarating. Everyone looked forward to the Dubbs on Friday afternoon.

The best part is that ADW was launched in the thick of Hamptons season. Anyone at Niche can tell you, Hamptons season is a beast. The fact that we were taking on extra work to create a fun little magazine was a testament to our camaraderie. Still to this day, my time at Niche is some of my

favorite in publishing. It legitimately reignited my passion for publishing.

As we all went our separate ways (Olga was the first to leave, closely followed by me) it became harder and harder to produce ADW. The stories of a shared workplace were missing. Things would happen in my office and I would think “Wow, that’s dubbs-worthy” but not have anyone to really share it with.

Our schedule became more and more sporadic. As the years passed, ADW seemed to fall by the wayside.

Earlier this year, before the nation was in a lockdown, Madeline decided to invest her time in the Dubbs. I like to say we have put out more issues this year than at any other time since the first year, but what I should really say is Madeline has put out more issues. ADW stands as a testament to her hard work and dedication, just like it originally started with the hard work and dedication of an over-worked underpaid group of designers who really liked each others’ company.

Long live ADW!

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IT’S ALL YOURS The other day I decided to clip back vines coming from who knows where. As I reached out to untangle one string from a sunflower, I realized there was a giant praying mantis perched upside down.

The only one I’d ever seen before was dead on our steps, like maybe a cat left it as a gift. For four days I watched the praying mantis.

I was also watching my one pumpkin.

Then I realized it looked like something had been eating it. I watered the plants.

Bug covered the now wet pumpkin. Tinier bugs cover the blossoms.

Meanwhile, I did buy the bulbs from Issue 99 but ran out of space in pots, so I planted two bulbs in the ground. An animal dug them up immediately. —MV

Art Department Weekly is published by Dinosaur Girly Productions, 184 Bay 26th Street, Brooklyn, NY 11214. The entire contents of ADW are protected by copyright and may not be reproduced without expressed written consent of the publisher. ADW accepts no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts and/or photographs and assumes no liability for products or services advertised herein. ADW reserves the right to edit, rewrite, refuse or reuse material, is not responsible for errors or omissions, and may feature same in other mediums for any and all purposes.

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—LV

DIPsummer EAT ENJOY! luis’ geAr ! with the unofficial start of the summer upon us (Happy memorial day) luis thought he would give you a peek at his favorite summer gear.

My favorite baseball cap. It fits perfectly. Great facing forward to block the sun. Flip it back when you’re playing ball to get the bill (and those punks) out of your way. $24.99, lids.com

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To say I loved the London Broil be to make good french dip sandwiches.

French Dip sandwich pictured on the left would be an absolute we ran out to the local grocery understatement. This sandwich store and purchased a can of beef broth and some portugese rolls. was amazing. So much so that Nothing a geek and proud of it like I had to interview the chef (my says I’m while i packed up and dragged rocking a super-hero T-shirt. Above are two of lovely wife) to get a little insight on the loft bed pieces downstairs in my faves. Both distressed tees were bought at this amazing piece of meat.

Target, $9.99. preparation of finally selling the thing, madeline poured the beef madeline knew the gigantic broth into a pan with thyme and london broil we purchased was pepper (the usual recipe calls for about to expire, but didn’t have more onions and garlic first, but time to make it for dinner. so this wasn’t 1:30 a.m. so madeline when she woke up at 1:30 a.m. from her usual late evening nap on wasn’t feeling the urge to complete all the steps), then brought it to the couch (also called “sleeping”), a simmer for 10 minutes. then she decided to get out the glass she cut the london broil into 1/4 bakeware, chop up an onion inch strips, adding it to the broth and a bunch of garlic, and toss to simmer for another 15 minutes it on top of the slab of beef. yes, while she prepped a salad (and somehow this ungodly hour was an appealing time to start cooking. sold the loft bed). green squash and a plum after the garlic and onion was sliced, she added 3 tablespoons of tomato made for a tasty little side. after the loft bed was gone extra virgin olive oil and placed it for good, we had enough time to in the oven (uncovered because i My summertime uniform toast the rolls. is basically a like my steak a little crispy) at 250 T-shirt and cargo shorts. These loose, degrees for 6 hours (basicallyroughed-up as she divided thebought meat equally shorts were at long as we slept). she then placed the 3 rolls (1 sandwich for I basically wear one of two Americanamong Eagle, $29.99. it in the for later. madeline, 1/2 for scrappy, 1 and a things on fridge my feet: flip-flops half for me). the remainder of the that night madeline, knowing ($4.99 at Old Navy) or my cusbeef broth was poured into a bowl how thoroughly disappointed i tom made Camo Vans.

I’m not to use for dipping. the only thing had been by these applebee’s french sure how much cost beleft to do was eat, dip and enjoy dipthey sliders, thelove best cuse weredecided free. I do this amazing meal.... yummmmm. thing to do with this meat would them though.

i love sweater vests. my nearly 15-year love affair has provided me with a wealth of quotes from people who do not share the love.

“Aren’t you hot in that” “Dude, sweater vests aren’t cool” “Everytime I see you, you’re wearing a sweater vest” “Do you have one for every day” “I thought only gay men wore those” “We used to have a lesbian who worked here who would wear sweater vests all the time”

UNIFORM The favorite hat did have to be retired, but this is still basically the LV uniform as seen in Issue 4 and Issue 12. I didn’t remember the part where everyone at Niche was so opposed to sweater vests.

Now that pandemic has eliminated any need to wear pants during hot weather, this also serves as Exhibits A and B for why LV has no interest in returning to an office building. Will he wear sweater vests around the house? Already happened.

“If there was an action figure of me, it would be wearing a sweater vest,” he says. “That’s my jam.”

—MV

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“Our lunchtimes were intense” THE FLASH

HAMPTONS SUMMER KICK OFF PARTY

THE CUERVO PLATINO PENTHOUSE AT HUDSON TERRACE MAY 21, 2009

-Luis

“I don’t need to watch snuff films” -Kai

“Can we watch The Office?”

-Betty

“Saying ʻman bag’ sounds gross” -Luis

“Shut up, Kal! Shut up, Kal!” -Madeline

...and so on and so on

“What??”

-Kal

MAKING SURE VOTES COUNT After sharing a post about how people should and can be more involved in improving conditions during the 2020 general election, I decided I should work the polls. My application was approved, but I didn’t see any updates on training. I figured it was done and whatever. It’s all volunteer anyway? Oh, no, the state pays you. And there is a 4-hour long training session where you learn to search for people’s names and hear that your main job is to be nice.

—MV

“As a mother, as an American, thank God for alcohol” -Amy S.

“I just met my standing goal lying on the floor”

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Picture it—like a conventions issue but for the original Dubbs crew. Career changes, parenthood, artistic ventures...

Some of the original contributors and readers took a survey to see what they remember and how they’re doing now.

Those answers appear throughout the section. A few wrote and sent us pictures. Look for what they shared farther into the issue! Mostly we’re celebrating how we got to be 100. —MV I like rearranging furniture. Take what you have and make the most of it, right?

Here are the stages of metamorphosis at the Dinosaur Girly Studio s.

March 2007 Third bedroom houses my old PC and LV’s old Smurf on one skinny desk.

Jan 2008 A new large desk is added to hold three—yes, three—printers (and a cat). A G4 is added to the mix.

April 2008 Now that two of us will be using the office, both the G4 and G3 are operatio nal. Plus a laptop. And two cats.

June 2008 I decide two chairs in one corner is too ridiculous. I force LV to rearrange the room with me.

June 2008 Still not happy, I Hulk out and move the vanity and dresser. Then I set up a card table to expand LV’s space.

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2009 Baby trumps big desk, which moves to dining room (former ly photo studio).

Last weekend LV and I hang shelves purchas ed for Art Room in 2007.

The clutter suits us.

SUNDAY FUNDAY THRE E KINGS DAY BRIDGE WALKIN’ ON THE SLOP PLUS: MY SPACE APPL ES E SKINS DAY OF LOVE ROMANTIC VIEWING

How many issues of ADW were created at Niche?

Around 20 33.3% Around 50 Around 70 66.7%

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Art Department Weekly • September 22, 2020

The sheep skin rug that sat under Olga’s desk.

She stepped up the game in cubicle accessories.

It was like a bridal bouquet: If this was under your desk, you were next to receive a job offer.

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START HERE Luis joked he was going to publish a haiku he wrote in the next issue of Art Department Weekly. Then he needed to follow through on the joke with an actual newsletter. The first cover is a painting by Olga. It’s the type of piece where you sit down and have no idea what you want to create. You simply let the art come to you naturally, according to Issue 1.

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3. five hours before John was to say “i do” we snuck out to splish splash (a water park in riverhead) and took a few rides—my fave being the cliff diver. John took the big plunge twice that day. washed those cold feet right away.

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cuddy n. a word used to describe something shady or sneaky 1. the wedding of two amazing people—mr. and mrs. John paul arias! these two have found the person with whom they can’t live without! being a witness to their marriage was truly amazing. John sent a photo from greece today – looks amazing – Vicky – take us!

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Watch by David Yurman ($3,200). David Yurman, Tysons Galleria, 2001 International Drive, McLean, Virginia, 703-245-3515. ON Suit ($1,695), linen pocket square ($75), and shirt ($255), all by Canali. Available at Bloomingdale’s, 5300 Western Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 240-744-3700.

Cardigan ($98) and oxfords ($198), both

by Tommy Hilfiger. Tommy Hilfiger, 3229 M Street NW, 202-333-9311. Chronograph watch by Raymond Weil ($2,995). Available at Lenkersdorfer Fine Jewelers, 8053 Tysons Corner Center, 1961 Chain Bridge Road, McLean, Virginia, 703-506-6712. ON JUSTIN: Blazer ($325), shirt ($78), tie ($65), trousers ($49), and oxfords ($198), all by Tommy Hilfiger. Tommy Hilfiger, SEE ABOVE. Ring by David Yurman ($850). David Yurman, SEE ABOVE. ON ANDREW: Jacket ($2,375), shirt ($2,230), and pants ($1,275), all by Gucci. Gucci, the Collection at Chevy Chase, 5481 Wisconsin Avenue, Chevy Chase, Maryland, 301-9868902. Shoes by Polo Ralph Lauren ($495).

Ralph Lauren, 1245 Wisconsin Avenue NW, 202-965-0905. Watch by Tag Heuer ($1,450).

Available at Tiny Jewel Box, 1147 Connecticut Avenue NW, 202-393-2747. ON ROBERT: Jacket, trousers, and shoes, all by Versace (prices on request). Versace, Tysons Galleria, 2001 International Drive, McLean, Virginia, 703-4485554. Vest by Dior Homme ($535). Available at Saks Fifth Avenue, the Men’s Store at Mazza Galleria, 5300 Wisconsin Avenue NW, 202363-2059. Shirt by French Connection ($88).

French Connection, 1100 South Hayes Street, Arlington, Virginia, 703-415-1299. Titanium dog tag ($2,975) and sterling silver dog tag ($400), both by David Yurman. David Yurman, SEE ABOVE. Watch by Tag Heuer ($2,300). Available at Tiny Jewel Box, SEE ABOVE.

Slim is in.

Ditch those slouchy, baggy trousers for a lean, bodyconscious silhouette.

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Styling by Nick Steele; nicksteelestylist.com

Grooming by Jennifer Brent Makeup by Maria Seccia Models: Andrew Glessner (FUSION), Ryan Carney (FORD), Danny B. (FORD), Justin T. (FORD), Robert K. (FORD) Creative consultant: Valdecir Rosa Photography assistance

by Darrell Taunt Prop design: Hodge Produced by Mabel Costa (O.S.O.K. PRODUCTION, NYC)

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“Diplomacy + humor = world peace�

—amg on the key to success It was Winston Churchill who said, “We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.�

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Permanent Collection

In the heart of the city, Sotheby’s Helyn Goldenberg’s home is a modern paradise and true work of art.

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e chips were brought into the art department for a taste test by —amg on art snacks consesus was that the worcester sauce chips were easily the best, closely behind by the rancheros baconanthony, flavored chips. the Fish & our resident art department dJ was kind enough to put together below play list. anthony also provided mp3’s of each track. if anyone is well as the crispy duck & Hoisin sauce the were practically gag-inducinterested, simply let luis know! folks had to run straight to a garbage can to spit them up. —jessica on the effects

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Later this summer, in what he calls the apex of his entire career, Piven stars in The Goods: Live Hard, Sell Hard, a film written and produced in part by the comedy duo of Will Ferrell and Piven’s brother-in-law Adam McKay. We chatted about his acting origins, his outrageous new comedy and the fishy mercury-poisoning incident that won’t die down.

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MODEL DESIGNER

armed with an inspirational spd annual, a pen (for sketching layouts and taking notes) and a tape dispenser (i donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know what for), this designer comes armed and ready for work.

may 2nd was Free comic Book day all over the country. stores nationwide were giving away (you guessed it) free comic books. It has become an annual tradition for meg and I to hit the city early and go to multiple comic stores. after getting a late start to the day we went to the first shop and had relatively disappointing results. after running a few errands we decided to hit Jim hanleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s universe where much to our suprise was comic great Joe staton who graciously drew the above picture of supergirl (meganâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fave character) for megan. needeless to say, she was thrilled.

DANNY:

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Must be in Elizabeth. It smells funnyâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;luis, on the smells of jersey

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Normally when someone is on their knees theyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re harmlessâ&#x20AC;? â&#x20AC;&#x201D;david lancaster

VEGASâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; GAMBIT

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Honorary art departmenter tom gottlieb provided a link to a review of the amazing shirt above: b. govern â&#x20AC;&#x153;bee-dot-governâ&#x20AC;? this item has wolves on it which makes it intrinsically sweet and worth 5 stars by itself, but once i tried it on, thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s when the magic happened. after checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, i walked from my trailer to wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. the women knew from the wolves on my shirt that i, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;howl at the moonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; from time to time (if you catch my drift!). the women that approached me wanted to know if i would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called meth. i told them no, because they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t settle for the first thing that comes to him. i arrived at wal-mart, mounted my courtesy-scooter (walking is such a drag!) sitting side saddle so that my wolves would show. while i was browsing tube socks, i could hear WHILE YOU aroused asthmatic breathing behind WERE OUT me. i turned around to see a slightly meghan redid the ďŹ&#x201A;ooring at her housesweaty dream in sweatpants and flipwednesdayâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;missing the opportunity flops standing there. she told me she to pose with a favorite actress of hers. kerri russell had to snap a photo withliked the wolves on my shirt, i told her our model designer instead. look for i wanted to howl at her moon. she them on the cover of Gotham. offered me a swig from her mountain dew, and i drove my scooter, with her shuffling along side out the door and into the rest of our lives. thank you wolf shirt. pros: Fits my girthy frame, has wolves on it, attracts women cons: Only 3 wolves (could probably use a few more), cannot see wolves when sitting with arms crossed, wolves would have been better if they glowed in the dark.

inspired by a video of Jim lee (his comic art idol) where he drew and inked an image of gambit in 8 minutes (astonishing), luis decided to try and draw gambit as quickly as possible. the pencils (at right) took luis 17 minutes, start to ďŹ nish. he used a no. 2 soft

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recently the old became new again for me. we all know â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80s fashion ticonderoga pencil hisi lightbox. with sucked, dixon but music and dance was at itsand best.back whenlighting i was in from mexico, came across the Calle 13 on â&#x20AC;&#x153;electro movimientoâ&#x20AC;? video, is infused errands to run sunday morning, hiswhich lovely wife more than ably with the â&#x20AC;&#x2122;80sâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;from the lyrics to the fashion. and, of course, â&#x20AC;&#x153;the robotâ&#x20AC;? stepped in to ink the piece. it took her about 75 minutes. the inks dance. which came to inspire my custom-made type face. obviously, i wereitdone with a ďŹ ne point sharpie. while not a huge fan of gamhad to name â&#x20AC;&#x153;do the robot.â&#x20AC;?

bit, luis is a huge fan of this collaborative piece.

AmAzon AWesomeness

the above is a picture of the sheepskin rug that sits underneath olgaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk. she has deďŹ nitely stepped up the game in cubicle accessories.

AN ART DEPT. NEWSLETTER The initial issues consistently included updates on how designers did their jobsâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;the number of revisions, sketches, favorite fonts, best music to listen to while working... â&#x20AC;&#x153;When you are trying to design with write arounds and supplied art, it gave you the opportunity to become more graphic with type treatments,â&#x20AC;?

Luis says. Continuously coming up with new ideas is easier when everyone sharing their inspirations.

ORIGINS WITH AMY The origins of the phrase TK in publishing to Come is a printing and journalism reference abbreviated â&#x20AC;&#x153;tk.â&#x20AC;? it is used to signify additional material will be added at a later date. it is important to note that tk is an intentional misspelling designed to catch the eye (and also to be caught by computer software spell check programs.) occasionally a copyeditor may mistakenly allow an article to be published with a stray tk intact, which is a source for much embarrassment and ridicule in the newsroom. the Chicago Manual of Style publishers describe the practice of using tk as imprecise. â&#x20AC;&#x153;itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best to be more straightforward and specific. for example, use bullets or boldface zeros (â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘â&#x20AC;˘ or 000) to stand in for page numbers that cannot be determined until a manuscript is paginated as a book. for items like missing figures, describe exactly whatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s missing. in electronic environments, you have recourse to comment featuresâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;like the syntax of sgml, which allows for descriptive instructions that will not interfere with the final version of a document. make sure that whatever you do stops the project in its tracks at some point before publication.â&#x20AC;? however, the Chicago Manual of Style is geared for book publishers, and tk is much more prevalent in the magazine world than in the book world. tk may be more useful in the magazine world because magazines consist of a greater variety of heterogeneous forms of copy written and edited by a larger number of people under tighter deadlines. Under those conditions, it is more natural and useful for participants to stick tk in â&#x20AC;&#x153;unthinkinglyâ&#x20AC;? to save time. in the magazine world, it is common for even important factual details not to be nailed down until quite late in the process, even as the magazine is being typeset. in the book world, such matters are always decided well before the manuscript reaches the proof stage. so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s reasonable for the CMOS to look askance at tkâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;even as magazine employees find it very useful to be able to write a phrase like â&#x20AC;&#x153;...went to university tk years ago...â&#x20AC;? without having to puzzle out what form that tk should take (dots or zeroes?), full in the knowledge that everybody involved in the process knows what is meantâ&#x20AC;&#x201D;that further work is needed.

KYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;S VICA RK SH TES BI did you know that dolphins are the only other mammals that have sex for enjoyment... no wonder that dolphin is smiling!

sent by Amy via Wiki Tap

MAKING WHOOPEE with everyone in the art department not fully aware of the new friday ritual, we decided to publish the rules in this weekâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s adw.

The last person from the Art Department to make it in to work on Fridays mornings must sit on the Whoopie cushion located on Anthonyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s desk.

while a relatively new ritual, it is one that brings great joy to those of us in art. past sitters have included meghan, megan, anthony, and gina .

September 22, 2020 â&#x20AC;˘ Art

Department Weekly

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IN EVERY ISSUE Well, not every issue, but these are some of the things found repeatedly in the first 99 issues

More of a trip dow memory lane start n s on Page 12

Page 14 has more Highlight

BABY PICS

I dare you not to smile

Henry

Albert

SPORTS

Timely and easy to discuss

FIVE THINGS

The random things on a contributor’s mind

OVERHEARD

The things we said...

INSPIRATIONS

Art is in our name

FOOD

Fact

Opinion

We made it, tried it, ate it anyway...

THEMES

Necessary for inspiring contributions, but sometimes kind of weak

NO BYLINES

Picking up old issues, I have no idea who wrote what

HEADLINES

Forgetting to change titles and cover lines CREDITS

TYPOS

And our lack of rights

Who runs spell check in InDesign? Not us...

line Leaving a word out of a heinadAD W has to be the worst typo ughkeepsie history, but misspelling Po got the most hate mail 10

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Art Department Weekly • September 22, 2020

wedding theme

“Everything smelled like bacon”

bags. anthony, Jessica and nicole provide commentary.

Not as extreme as you’d think.

“My first word was eat”

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York mag’s approval matrix. that’s when the magic happened. after inspired by the music of Enigma , olga created the below piece. checking to ensure that the shirt would properly cover my girth, i walked from my trailer to wal-mart with the shirt on and was immediately approached by women. the women knew from the wolves on my shirt that i, like a wolf, am a mysterious loner who knows how to ‘howl at the moon’ from time to time (if you catch my drift!). the women that approached me wanted to know if i would be their boyfriend and/or give them money for something they called meth. i told them no, because they didn’t have enough teeth, and frankly a man with a wolf-shirt shouldn’t settle for the first thing that comes to him. i arrived at wal-mart, mounted my Whomever had the bright idea to take in a wild dirty animal, train it, feed it, clean up it’s crap, and courtesy-scooter (walking is such share his living space with it clearly had some issues. Here is a chart to determine how your pet a drag!)reflsitting saddle that —Dan ects your side own deep seeded so problems. art department weekly issue 13 vol. 1 my wolves would show. while i was DOg going out in the big bad world browsingissue: tube socks, i could is hear Needy You require just too much to handle. So animal that thinks the go ahead, clip a bird’s wings arousedanasthmatic breathing behind sun shines out of your ass, and save yourself the hassle. me. i turned around toever see a slightly following you around, Just make sure you draw the ready to run a thrown and blinds in your house…They sweaty dream in after sweatpants flipball. You dress your dog in might be watching you. flops standing there. she told me she human clothes, parading the liked thepoor wolves myCentral shirt, i told her animalon all over Park, waiting i wanted tohopelessly howl at herformoon.FisH she issue: sloth You lazy bastard. someone to compliment your offered me a swig from her mountain You’ve chosen an animal that pooch’s cummerbund. needs no attention whatsoever dew, and i drove my scooter, with her and minimal maintenance shufflingCAt along side out the door forand your household comrade; commitment youyou might as well have a into theissue: restFear of ofour lives. thank You’ve always wanted a pet lamp. Everyone knows wolf shirt. furry little friend to keep you fish don’t have any feelings company, but could never be and thank goodness for you. pros: Fits my girthy frame, has wolves bothered with actually giving a You wouldn’t want to break on it, attracts women crap about something… so you a sweat having to care for bought3awolves cat. Cats need littleprobably something and all. cons: Only (could to no attention and have their use a few more), cannot see wolves own bathroom which rules RePtile out any actual contact with when sitting with arms crossed, wolves issue: self-Hatred Out of all the animal. This minuscule would have been better if they glowed the animals in the world, you amount of affection towards in the dark. went with a scaly, cold blooded, your cat rules out any sort

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of bonding that may arise between you both, thus ruling out the possibility of being hurt… again. Don’t fear though; your cat’s contempt for you far outweighs your apathy for its existence.

THE DRAMA

Revisiting the whole series, it’s fun to see how things developed

amazing me of philly style and capitol file, una lamarche submitted the above image with the story of it’s genesis: back in 1985. i was drawing on the floor of my dad’s office in texas. i heard him say “fuck!” i asked him how to spell it. this drawing is hanging prominently in our apartment. i find that no matter what kind of day i’ve had, it makes me feel better. either it’s “fuck! life sucks sometimes,” or “fuck! what an awesome day!”

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Hot, with a pepper vibe... nice.

—Jessica on her awareness

“Is that Wilson Philips?”

—amg to nicole

Vasiliki Vicky

For your kindness For your smile

Flowers blooming Men will die, Happiness and glorying eyes 25 – You are so wise!

I adore you with my heart

Olga – Also loving Greece!

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classic about the evils of government.

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under the circumstance beign in mexico was an amazing experience. the mexican nation never loss their sence of humor even in the face of danger. tacos and beer never tasted better.

Viva mexico!

of the Arts Viking Village in hafnafj ouror (no i’m not making up that name)

Viking crossing?

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“I can’t wait ’til Anthony comes back” —Jessica

“It was quite possibly the greatest sports day ever” —luis, on June 14th

“With all things boob, we call over boob expert Anthony” —luis

with a few cases of the swine flu reported in the office (either directly or through family members), the office was closed for deep cleaning. the whole company was given the day off. therefore depriving me of my last cattle call for submissions. come back next week when we ask everyone what they did with their swine day. i worked from home for most of the day (yay wynn!), but was able to pick up my daughter from school and go to the playground. all in all, a very nice day not in the office.

upsetment

Jessica creates a new word in trying to describe all the feelings of anger, frustration, and disappointment in her life. We are currently working on submitting the word to the fine folks at Websters.

yeah, we’re cold

NesA sce M N fRO iOfull A last week c Ta very Amarked 1 weekV of performances.

PART saturday was the Brooklyn dance center’s recital. tuesday was the spring chorus recital. wednesday was the third grade plays. all featured art department offspring megan Vega. the following are recaps of each of the events.

Saturday

Brooklyn dance Center recital

“One time, I made her look a little whorish in a picture” —Jeff

“I got four shots in my throat” —olga

the whole school participated in. there were 38 numbers in all, making the recital close to 3 hours long. meg’s favorite number was the “hip-hop” and tumbling routine done to miley cyrus’ remake of Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. in this routine meg completed her first in-routine cartwheel. while not perfectly landed, she was quite proud of it nonetheless. i was a big fan of meg’s ballet routine done to Once Upon a Dream which is pictured on this week’s cover. in between, she tapped (above).

the platform came up nyc becomes cFc: please to about my no please don’t let my cluster Fuck central. iPhone fall into chin. i had to do the average that awkward move the gap onto the tracks. commuter is practica No no please. you do whenever lly reduced you’re getting out of to tears from the frighteni i watched. it fell. it was a pool: hands up, hoist ng—and gone. up, lift one leg very real—prospect that heart stopped. i peered to the side and hoist again. she might down and drown in a sea of wet saw it. the screen was umbrellas. it’s still lit from Once back amongst miserable. therefore, my opened e-mail. it the living, i i blame the glared up at grabbed my phone and mta for the pseudome, and i could almost cradled it tragedy that hear it crying, in my hands like a just-born followed, and nearly “you bitch! how dare kitten made me one you?! i (sob i had saved from certain of those “i’m only 23 sob) love (sob sob) you death. i but i’ve had a (sob sob) so have no way of knowing heart attack” statistics (sob sob) much (sOb). this now, . ” i looked up, but i feel like i might have after i got off my bus, actually which was late, i walked to the subway and waited for the downtow n train, which i’m sure was also late. as per yooj, i was listening to music into the still open doors on my iphone. i really of the train. wish i could rocked back and forth every single person on there on my remember what i was this crowded listening to knees on the subway 6 train was staring at platform. Don’t because i’m sure it was me, the poor something fear, baby. Mama’s here. jaded girl who had just that now reveals itself Everything’s lost her to be super going to be okay now. iphone and her earbuds in one amazingly, fucking ironic. fell the screen was no more swoop, with her hand cracked over her mouth. than the train approached. before i had dropped naturally, i the front part of my iphone it. it was decided to pull my iphone case was responsive from the to touch, and the home on the train, so i reached safe cocoon of my pocket in to grab it, screen button appearaed to so i could and a man reached down still begin reading the new to help me. be working. york times they all scooted in to For good measure, i make room for daily email, because, turned it off. it had just you know, it me to board. but, no, had a really i waved thank was of the utmost importa traumatic morning. it nce that you to them and politely needed to rest. i read it right then. because declined. i i turned it back on a few knew what i had to do. i always stops into read it. every morning . and never fill my ride. it appeared the doors closed and to be working my valuable time and the train brain space fine. Fuck, how lucky. lurched forward. i looked the only thing with word warp or tap down into i lost in this whole experien tap revenge. the gap and saw the reflection ce was the train stopped. the of my the back of the case, doors still-lit iphone screen which was a over and over opened. iphone in hand, $5 investment i made eyes fixated again in the frosted on the streets silver on screen, i moved forward. covering of harlem. Oh, and a each passing subway then, little bit of my car. Faster something happened. dignity and cleanliness—sma i have no idea now. its light was ll prices a beacon of hope, what. i would not be to pay for a working iphone that surprised if had on repeat. Here I am. Here I am. I’m has a photo been taken at made a trip to the bottom that precise still here. I’m still here. of the to the beat of nyc subway. moment, you could literally the train’s wheels gliding see the hand of God reaching along their i was planning to ask down through tracks. Come and get santa for a me.

116th street, into the new iphone this year, subway station, but now i kind the train passed. i moved and through my earbud faster of want to stay with this cords, than i’ve ever moved one forever. tangling them up and in my life. i took yanking with a off and i just realized that my bag and put my umbrella malicious intent. i never fucking read the new down. i jumped onto york times the tracks. i e-mail. typical. –Resear during the ch Meghan

Its light was a beacon Here I am. Here I am. of hope.

Come and get me.

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“Where’sfavorite my sandys hello, not goodbye megan had three dances with her the newlywed game assassy well as thesandy finalehaiku that cheesePLus: balls” Batting songs septemberclass issues signs —anthony

Sometimes stories seemed to come out GinA eaing a Mcdonalds “I just ate eggs, Istandard, simple recipe: GOODBYE last week, the art department said good-bye to Cheeseburger. of nowhere—a wedding orthe better part of 2009 helpin can’t sitstomach down iflunchtime you Even the gina. gina spent prep: 5 min ache after. I mean” preheat: 350º f oven know what just about every niche title. her hard work and o bake: 55-60 min Research Meghan crawling on naturethe will be missed. we sent her off in typical —vicky servings: 8 ment fashion... wonderful donuts from peter pa Triple subway Awesome. Each is tracks (go visit Issue 26 right • 1 cup karo light corn syrup awesome by itself, and“I’m a spy” • 3 eggs more awesome together.

—olga 1 cup sugar now—her piece is•• amazing)—while other 2 tbsp. butter, melted • 1 tsp. vanilla extract “I don’t have a appearances • 1-½ cups (6 ounces) pecans times the repeat of certain Th one-size-fits-all • 1 unbaked 9-inch deep dish pie crust approach” topics are the story. ou —meghan stir the first 5 ingredients thoroughly using a spoon. mix in pecans.

Tom shared Howling-wolf T-shirts pour into pie crust.

It “I’m a busy girl, I do bake on center rack of oven for 55 to reviews with in Issue 4. Then we Noveau 60 minutes. cool for 2 hours. things afterADW work” cr gotta go.

These were —Jessica it... easy as pie.

AMAZING!had to share thatthat’s we might have beat Sa New York on that story in Issue 5. Then 20 issues later, the howling-wolf T-shirt is back because we spotted it on Dwight in an episode of The Office.

Much more exciting was when Anthony killed a rat at Tom and Amy’s apartment. The story is stand alone high drama, but it was the second time ADW had a rat on the cover.

The quieter drama was when Intern Sandy went to Mexico during the H1-N1 outbreak in Issue 1. Then the office closed for deep cleaning due to H1-N1 in Issue 8—closer to the time WHO declared it a pandemic. Then Sandy makes the cover m th of Issue 9 for her farewell. I’m sure they’re all unrelated but it’s fun to speculate.

Check out how things unfolded by Wi any one who knows me, knows my week is not complete without a weekly visiting issuu.com/artdepartmentweekly pilgrimage to the comic shop. as the resident comic freak, i’ve decided to share act with you my picks for the best graphic novels on my shelf. sha and feel free to share your own update for im 1. Watchmen: simply put, the great- 6. Batman: The Long Halloween: future issues by emailing us at mafia murder mystery in the early days est comic book ever made.

2. V for Vendetta: alan moore written of the bat. dubbsubs@yahoo.com.

on lv’s shelf

Flowers blooming Love and peace for you increase

PLus: incredibles shark week superhero stuff

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BiRD issue: Agoraphobia You are so afraid of the outside world Pet ROCK that you stole the chirping, issue: Hopeless Your only little singing siren of the sky and friend is as hard and cold as crammed her into a wire the world that has rejected you. cage in your house. Sure, bird Seriously dude, just give up. games unsung beatle villains watching canheroes be relaxing,office but

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Not a fan, tasted like they dumped a packet of taco seasoning in the bag.

—Jessica on dogs

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clawed beast to be your best buddy? You really should consider some self help classes if the only thing you get along with has a forked tongue and eats its own young. Don’t worry though, soon enough your Boa Constrictor will get large enough to attack and end this world of misery for you.

sWine flu DAY

“Her vision is based on movement”

maternity leave fill-in. then in January 2009 i was hired fulltime and plans were set forth to place me on Aspen Peak and Hamptons.

while Aspen is only published twice a year, everything i had —amy —rich They were old and heard about Hamptons led me to stale, if fresh they believe the summer season might have been dope “You know, my mom “My Mom is the would be hellish. i mean a knows certain things Good if eaten at devil... I shouldn’t weekly magazine during the the same time. about my life” summer, when everyone wants say that” Blue cheese is —Vicky on her innocence to be outdoors sounds awful... for lame alone.

—meghan everyone but me. i’m not a a recent art department poll asked “what number would you put on “I don’t want summer person, so working on the back of your baseball jersey?”

“I got money It’s where the that book kept me in the any communist although not in the office, freelancer anthony 69 meghan 5 pirates booty that folds, not money wonderful angela submitted a recipe for her ac, sometimes late is located. amychocolates” 22 gina 1 that jingles” favorite dessert...

—Jill on olga 11 our russian snacks Fryda 1.5 —anthony Jessica 18 vicky : ) (of course, a happy face) You can close your i’m from the south and pecan pie is eyes and think you’re catherine 2 luis 23 one of my favorite deserts. Here is a “He’ll cuddle with

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amy hearts gnomes and

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Giant gnome

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PS205 Spring Concert megan’s school has quite a large orchestra and chorus. Quite possibly the largest i’ve ever seen in an elemantry school. i was pleasantly surprised by

how much fun i had winter concert so i was eagerly anticipating the spring concert. as part of the chorus megan sang 7 songs, including a solo in “new york’s my home” (left). my favorite songs were both “electricity” (from Billy Elliot) and “i love a piano” (by irving Berlin).

WedneSday

PS205 drama Club plays a special drama teacher was brought in to work with all the third graders in small groups. megan’s group put on a play titled The Princess Ballerina, Volume One. it was an original piece concepted and written by the children themselves. as the queen, megan used her crystal ball to look for her missing daughter (above).

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The way Luis tells the story, everybody r ove was so poor. Everyone brought food and ate at their desks. Well, not Luis. He didn’t want to eat at his desk. He had to find “My first word nooks that didn’t include a view of the was eat” —amy local exhibitionist or where coworkers “You know, my mom could ask him what he was eating. Niche knows certain things about my life” was the place Luis learned to eat —Vicky on her innocence leftovers. He would microwave things I chilDhooD Art “I don’t want amazing me of philly style and capitol file, una lamarche submitted the above image with the story of it’s genesis: back in 1985. i was drawing on the any communist don’t make anymore, like chicken potpie floor of my dad’s office in texas. i heard him say “fuck!” i asked him how to chocolates” spell it. this drawing is hanging prominently in our apartment. i find that no —Jill on our russian snacks or lasagna, and hide from people who matter what kind of day i’ve had, it makes me feel better. either it’s “fuck! life sucks sometimes,” or “fuck! what an awesome day!”

“He’ll cuddle with wanted to know what that smell was.

ADW you extra” Every office talks about food, but Niche —Jessica on dogs scoops New York had a lot of people who were interested last week, tom gottlieb “It was all about provided us with a link long legs and to the Howling wolf t’s in improving their kitchen skills or trying dirty jokes” reviews on amazon. later on in the week, the same —andy to anthony, reminiscing reviews end up on New restaurants they’d heard about. Eating York mag’s approval matrix.

“I’m a bloodhound... well was more onangela trend than traveling.

When something in a peek at the desktop patterns on super-freelancer howard’s computer last night tg decided to make a white l A my atmosphere is by i pizza (photo attached and styled Food challenges came about because not right, I know” pecvery akp). he has found the recipe online s —Jessica on her awareness and decided to expand his cooking guys do dumb things with food. It would eli skills. he bought a D “Ispremade that Boboli crust (we’re Wilson not fancy) for the base build camaraderie. Luis and Tom had Philips?” and spread cornmeal a baking —amg to on nicole competed in office food challenges sheet underneath the crust. he pressed garlic cloves into a bowl of separately at previous jobs, so sitting Jessica’s favorite Fedex man gifted olive oil and let it sit and then spread her this piece of original art. drawn the garlic oil on the pizza. toppings down to see who could eat 20 chicken especially for her... or was it, Jessica included: cooked, sliced red potatoes, thinks the piece was done as a school asparagus (uncooked so they would project. the debate rages on... nuggets faster was natural.

—MV

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tAste test we love chips in art. so much so, that amy was able to dig into her file cabinet and pull out the pictured variety of doritos bags. anthony, Jessica and nicole provide commentary.

Not as extreme as you’d think.

They were old and stale, if fresh they might have been dope Good if eaten at the same time.

Blue cheese is lame alone.

It’s where the pirates booty is located.

Not a fan, tasted like they dumped a packet of taco seasoning in the bag.

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ANGELA’S DESKTOPS

stay crunchy), goat cheese, mozzarella, and parmesan sprinkled on top.

Better than Tandoori.

You can close your eyes and think you’re eaing a Mcdonalds Cheeseburger.

Even the stomach ache after.

Triple Awesome. Each is awesome by itself, and more awesome together.

Noveau gotta go.

FROM THE START The first Mini Board included a food challenge and pizza recipe. Chip taste tests appeared on later Mini Boards.

it was delicious! you could really taste the garlic and the crust was surprisingly good. we paired the pizza with an austrian white wine, which had notes of white pepper and was crisp and refreshing.

JOKE OF THE WEEK: What did the Mexican Fozzy Bear say?

Guaca, guaca, guaca!

HOW MUCH DO YOU LOVE BURGERS?

Amy’s Apps:

my favorite app of the week is shazam. have you ever been in a restaurant or shopping and heard a song and wondered what it was? now you can just tap your shazam app, hold your iphone up to where it can hear the song the best, wait 10 seconds, and shaZam! the app tells you what the song is and where to buy it. it also creates a convenient list for you of songs you’ve shazamed, and you can send the list to friends/family. what, you don’t have an iphone? sad for you!

From our hundredth issue survey, six people answered the question on a scale of 1 (ew, gross) to 10 (so much...)

Welcome to brooklyn

Ew, gross

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Fryda joins the ranks of the art department Brooklynites. sumo (pictured below with Fryda) will be home soon.

drink this!

the perfect manhattan at dumont in Brooklyn: makers mark, sweet & dry Vermouth, Bitters

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a classic whisky cocktail, very Mad Men. i also highly recommend their mac and cheese. to make your own manhattan at home: 2 oz blended whiskey 1/2 oz sweet vermouth 1/2 oz dry vermouth 1 dash bitters

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These were AMAZING!

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So much.

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that’s it... easy as pie

FIVE FOODS Looking back, Madeline decided there were five things ADW seemed to obsess over

ALCOHOL

Recipes, reviews, and pictures where drinks were consumed...

Way back, Heineken was the go-to drink for ADW production

WATER

Not only did it appear in tips, but also a memorable (giant) water glass resided in the original department

BURGERS

Multiple covers were devoted to the best places and types of hamburgers.

Mac&cheese? Ramen? Black bean?

There is no end to burgers

FIBER ONE

Snacks are important to office culture and this one made it into multiple sections of the Dubbs

CHIPS

Coffee is important but did not receive as many reviews as chips (going back to the importance of snacks)

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When asked “What was the best part?” the response wasn’t even close. The only place this section didn’t work was when Luis was at Prevention. Otherwise there always seems to be plenty of opportunities for Luis to say, “That’s going in the Dubbs.”

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pictures from life outside the office Bitches Be Crazy

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Overheard in Art definitions of big (sometimes made up) words

Nothing says sex like wood paneling —Amy

I wish someone would find a finger in their Pop Chips, and they would just go away

Tease me again —Vicky

—April

The Greeks were buggin out, the baklava, the feta cheese —Fryda

How firm do you want these balls?

—Sterling

The pasta and sauce is just a vehicle to eat the ground beef

I hate the Yankees and I hate the Beatles —John Byrne

—Katie

I’m too non-committal for a staple.

Gotta keep it loose!

It’s too bad you’re not a friendlier baby

—Anthony

—Nana

Please get some of the pep pounded out of you

Don’t let the sweater vest and Star Wars music fool you, I’m a badass

—Nick

—Luis

—Rich

I use this same mouth to give blow jobs.

I’m sure he’s insulted by that —Selena

Who goes into 7Eleven and asks for the hummus platter?

—Luis

Fucking BILL WALKER, son —Tom

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If you’re gonna be a whore, snacks is where it’s at —Anthony

I’ve earned a new nickname on the field—el toro blanco— because I’m tenacious and white —DRM

I thought all you wore were pants and sweater vests —Dave

I’d rather be a dick than a hipster

And people wonder why I don’t smile more often—I was raised by a maniac —Nana

—Colin

There’s no cake in the cake

He also leads the league in Valtrex purchases....

You know he has Herpes, right?

—Madeline

—John

He touches my minis like a creepy bastard

Why don’t you try to lose the attitude? That’s probably a pound or two right there —Sue

—Amy

I was thinking about you while I peed

When I was young, I thought the World Series meant the Yankees played somebody —Kathy

—Karen

When you’re tandem chaffing with the right person, it feels awesome

Panda Porn?!

—Katie

—Megan

You can’t say fuck.

Fuck is Mommy’s word

You look like a fob Irishman —Tom

—Kal

I’m accepting all friend requests just so I can have more friends than my cat

I mean, if I’m Yogi, I’m getting myself checked out

—Jill

—DRM

Meghan, you’re dressed so office-sexy today —Vicky

Summer’s in your heart. It’s not on a calendar —John

When I was teaching pole class, someone kicked me in the head with their stiletto —Brookelynn

It’s a great toy if you poop in a box —Madeline

I guess I do that as well, but whatever, I’m awesome

It does look like a cover for The Advocate

—Luis

—Kathy

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crescendo.

Satisfaction. Home.

YOUNG ARTISTS I didn’t realize all the times I’ve been relying on my kids to supply artwork for issues this year we’ve been honoring ADW’s history. In order to be included in the preliminary issues, non-art people needed to submit artwork. So managing editor Una LaMarche shared a piece she created in 1985. The very first issue included a painting and behind the scenes photo from baby Henry.

—MV

FIVE THINGS EVOLUTION

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The original idea for Five as you’d think.

“My first word Things was to steal a page was eat” from Glamour and quickly —amy They were old hit on a bunch of topics stale, if fresh t might have been “You know, my mom we’d want to write about if knows certain things Good if eaten at we had the time and the same time. aboutmeghan’s my life” seems to have passed Blue cheese is energy. The first edition had —Vicky on her innocence lame alone. the art gene down to little henry. a giant cupcake, but almost chilDhooD Art “I don’t want he’s a natural. amazing me of philly style and capitol file, una lamarche submitted the every edition after had a above image with the story of it’s genesis: back in 1985. i was drawing on the any communist giant swimsuit model floor of my dad’s office in texas. i heard him say “fuck!” i asked him how to chocolates” spell it. this drawing is hanging prominently in our apartment. i find that no instead. We received two —Jill on our russian snacks matter what kind of day i’ve had, it makes me feel better. either it’s “fuck! life “I’ sucks sometimes,” or “fuck! what an awesome day!” emails thanking us for the any one who knows me, knows my week is not complete without a weekly“He’ll cuddle with picture of Marisa after D ADW pilgrimage to theMiller comic shop. as the resident comic freak, i’ve decided to share you Arextra” Not a fan, tasted like Issueyou 59. my picks for —MV rhe—Jessica on dogs with the best graphic novels on my shelf. scoops they dumped a packe

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1. Watchmen: simply put, the great- 6. Batman: provided us with a link to the Howling wolf t’s mafia murder mystery the early days dirty jokes” est comic book ever made. reviews in on amazon. later on in the week, the same —andy to anthony, reminiscing 2. V for Vendetta: alan moore written of the bat. reviews end up on New approval matrix. “So, Anthony and I classic about the evils of government.

7. The Authoriity:Yorkamag’s new team forwill a not “I’m a bloodhound... be Hot, with When something in kissing today” 3. Kingdon Come: Futuristic look at new breed of villain. a pepper my atmosphere is —luis vibe... nice. what happens when superman quits 8. squadron supreme: a look atnot right, I know” “I’m either —Jessica on her awareness and a new geneartion of hero takes what would happen should a supergonna die poor, or be huge” team be proactive instead of reactive. over... until superman returns.

“Is that —andrew stone 4. Marvels: Visionary take on the birth 9. 30 Days of Night: a fresh take onWilson Philips?”

“Skinny laces ain’t —amg to nicole of the marvel universe, seen through the horror genre illustrated by the cutting chill- it in 2009” —anthony reQuest OF tHe WeeK reQuest the Week the eyes of a photographer. ingof Ben templemmith. “imaging remove dracula collar please.” (it’s actually a pillow) as i was closing issue 14 of Hamptons last week, i saw the above note “What would you and thought that it10. was so good iKilling clearly had to Joke: share it with everyone.

5. Identity Crisis: a murder mystery The alan moore’s be, ofa white russian” the note reads “where is my hair? please have imaging take the —Jessica ten referred to take on the clown prince that humanizes the characters in the boob down and make me taller... Thnx.”

THE BEST NICKNAMES “I’m a complicated of crime—the Joker. dc universe.

GIVEN TO ONESELF

WhAt Drink WoulD you Be?

Spanish Club Pro Football Prognosticator People’s Champ Handsome Men’s Club

i posed the above question to my fellow art department members. the answers were far-reaching and very telling.

COMMUNICATING THEIR NEEDS

fryda: aguardiante antioqueno anthony: Jagerbomb amy: Dry Martini Jessica: sangria gina: Margaveza luis: Jameson vicky: Champagne (during the week)/Dirty Martini (weekend) Requests as “Take the boob down” olga: samogon*such (old fashioned village drink)

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BACK AGAIN Flipping through the first 99 issues, a few things jumped out as being rather timely ELECTION YEAR In 2012, I watched so much news, I started watching Al Jazeera to try to see more than the packages NBC had on repeat. I watched how Romney won the Republican nomination, how the models were all predicting something different for Superstorm Sandy, how the Republican Senate refused to do what might benefit more people. These are things I thought about when I was hanging out with an infant at Little Gym while Kal was in a 3-year-old class. —MV

Who needs hidden videos when you can ask foreign governments to execute misinformation campaigns?

The story changed. Gas is so cheap now because there’s nowhere to go...

Personhood was being proposed all over the country. Conservatives have ridden the Trump train to appointing judges everywhere and need to replace RBG right quick to be embryos are people in 2020.

Harris is back in the new Avengers game I THINK MY HEAD IS ROUGHLY THE SAME SIZE AS HIS. But Harris heard me giving everyone a hard time at Maxim, and he says, “You know what they used to give me a hard time about in school? My large head.” Kathy was like, “Why would you tell him this?!” Now all Dubbs readers associate Harris with M.O.D.O.K. —LV

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LIFE OUTSIDE WORK Sometimes it was tuxedos at Planet Rose, sometimes it was a roll in the grass with Sumo.

SUMMER BABY Kal laid down on some of the 2009 Hamptons issues the way he did as a newborn. We’re all so lucky he decided to wait until the season closed before making his entrance.

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SO GLAMOROUS

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WHERE THE FUN IS The plot for Art Department: The Movie would have been focused on Fryda (Angelina Jolie) relocating from sunny Miami to wintry New York City, integrating herself into the established Art Department with the help of hard-partying and lovable Anthony (Antonio Banderas).

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ARTISTS WE LOVE: JIM LEE We made our way from Allred to Kirby before dropping the feature. Luis brings it back

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I was raised on a steady diet of comic book artistic legends. John Byrne, Frank Miller, George Perez, Neal Adams, and Walt Simonson were early favorites of mine. As I became a teenager in the late ’80s and started to develop tastes of my own, I instantly gravitated to a new young dynamic penciller who was taking the Marvel world by storm—Jim Lee. Jim Lee quickly became my favorite penciller. It didn’t matter what title he was on, I scooped it up. Alpha Flight and Punisher War Journal made me first take notice, but he flipped the comics world on its side when he took over the X-Men. He became a superstar in the house of X. Even though Lee grew up a comic book fan, he was studying medicine at Princeton (like his father) before he took an art class in 1986 that reignited his love of art and the trajectory of the young Korean born star was changed. Lee worked the convention circuit in hopes of showing his burgeoning skills to comic publishers. Met with initial negative feedback, he kept working until getting his big break from Archie Goodwin at Marvel Lee worked on perfecting his craft for three years on Alpha Flight (the Canadian super-team created by John Byrne) before taking over the X-Men in 1989.

When Lee took over the X-Men, he moved to New York City to be closer to the Marvel offices. He would go in every day to pencil his comics. There he could see all the other work being delivered by other artists. By becoming a bit of a chameleon, he was able to blend his style with that of some of his comic contemporaries (Liefeld, McFarlane, Silvestri, Lim, etc.) to create a style all his own, blending the

best of everything. He became a sort of comic art Voltron.

Lee’s career trajectory continued to rise as he left Marvel for the creatorowned pastures of Image comics. There he launched Wild C.A.T.s where its success allowed him to fund his own WildStorm Productions. While the head of Wildstorm, he quickly became an insane judge of talent and a top recruiter.

He discovered the likes of Travis Charest, Dustin Nguyen, and J.Scott Campbell to name a few and talked Alan Moore into creating a series of new comics (Promethea and Top 10). Wildstorm went

on to become one of the best selling studios under the Image umbrella. So much so that Lee packaged WildStorm, broke away from Image, and sold his entire company to DC. Selling WildStorm to DC led to the current leg of Lee’s long career in comics as he is the current Chief Creative Officer.

While I will always think of him as the cross-hatching genius with brilliant linework and some of the most dynamic poses in comics, it’s hard to not be impressed by his business savvy and his ability to reinvent himself. A true inspiration to me and absolutely an artist I love.

The first Alpha Flight piece made me take notice (I’ve always loved the Guardian’s costume) which led to me follow Lee over to Punisher. The top piece is from Superman Unchained, Lee’s 12-issue collaboration with Scott Snyder.

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SUPER SUPPLIES

A detail of Heisenberg to show the increased amount of shading and inked details that didn’t happen when ADW was in its infancy.

For as long as I can remember, my art materials have consisted of Dixon Ticonderoga No. 2 and No. 3 pencils and Sharpies in multiple sizes.

Basically, anything my brother could get for free that I could use not only in school but for my personal art. For years this was fine, I continued to produce art I was (relatively) happy with. As I started to go to various comic conventions, though, I was exposed to the different tools artists use.

Sharpies generally seem to be used for signing or a quick sketch, but, when they were stationed at Artist Alley, a whole new tool box appeared.

It was Artist Alley where I first discovered Micron markers. I saw Mahmud Asrar using them and quickly struck up a conversation. He raved about them and told me all about the different weights. I quickly ordered some from Amazon when I got home. I believe the first piece I ever used them on was a portrait of Jeffrey Dean Morgan as Negan. My world had changed. I was instantly obsessed with how thin and accurate the lines are. Microns have been a staple of my artwork ever since that day.

Even though I had successfully incorporated the Microns, I was still happily using Sharpies to fill in my big fields of black. As anyone who has worked with Sharpies knows, their blacks can be uneven and inconsistent.

While watching Mauricet sketch Harley Quinn at the DC booth, I noticed him using Pentel brush pens. The large fields of black were consistent and fluid. I was completely blown away. Mauricet was more than happy to tell me about them. Another Amazon purchase led to Pentel brushes being added into the mix of my art supplies. I also bought a series of gray pentels but have yet to break into them... hopefully soon.

All of which leads to my current pieces of art. I think the linework on my new pieces is so much better than those in the past. The better supplies have filled me with a confidence I never had before. I’m happy to say I think the pieces I put together over the past two years are some of my favorites.

To come full circle, even though the inks may have changed, I have a slavish devotion to my trusty Dixon Ticonderogas. They are the one constant in my art I don’t ever see myself moving away from.

—LV

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SHATES BI

used to signify additional material will be added at a later date. it is important to note that tk is an intentional misspelling designed to catch the eye (and also to be caught by computer software spell check programs.) occasionally a copyeditor may mistakenly allow an article to be published with a stray tk intact, which is a source for much embarrassment and ridicule in the newsroom. the Chicago Manual of Style publishers describe the practice of using did you know that dolphins are the tk as imprecise. “it’s bestwe to be more straightforward specific.issues for only The good things forgot were in theand original ofother themammals Dubbsthat have sex example, use bullets or boldface zeros (••• or 000) to stand in for page for enjoyment... no wonder that numbers that cannot be determined until a manuscript is paginated as dolphin is smiling! a book. for items like missing figures, describe exactly what’s missing. in VICKY’S TIP OF THE WEEK electronic environments, you have recourse to comment features—like the syntax of sgml, which allows for descriptive instructions that will not interfere with the final version of a document. make sure that whatever you do stops the project in its tracks at some point before publication.” vicky’s summer tips however, the Chicago Manual of Style is geared for book publishers, and tk is much more prevalent in the magazine world than in the book world. tk may be more useful in the magazine world because magazines consist of a greater variety of heterogeneous forms of copy written and edited by a larger number of people under tighter deadlines. Under those conditions, it is more natural and useful for participants to stick tk in “unthinkingly” to save time. in the magazine world, it is common for even important factual details not to be nailed down until quite late in the process, even as the magazine is being typeset. in the book world, such Vicky’s facts matters are always decided well before the manuscript reaches the proof stage. so it’s reasonable for the CMOS to look askance at tk—even as magazine employees find it very useful to be able to write a phrase like “...went to university tk years ago...” without having to puzzle out what form that tk should take (dots or zeroes?), full in the knowledge that everybody involved in the process knows what is meant—that further work is needed.

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MAKING WHOOPEE with everyone in the art department not fully aware of the new friday ritual, we decided to publish the rules in this week’s adw.

The last person from the Art Department to make it in to work on Fridays mornings must sit on the Whoopie cushion located on Anthony’s desk.

while a relatively new ritual, it is one that brings great joy to those of us in art. past sitters have included meghan, megan, anthony, and gina .

BE ON TIME

THE FACES OF JESSICA

“God forbid you were late. Everybody knew about it,” Luis says when asked about Captain Call Out. Wouldn’t the Whoopee Cushion also announce that?

Sure, but it was only once a week. “The best part was it was self-inflating so no one’s lips ever had to touch it.”

VICKY’S THEORIES

People love the sound of their name.

It’s their favorite sound.

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PHOTOGRAPHY BY JESSICA

RESOLUTIONS The first issue of 2010 found Luis making a resolution to be more active and feeling inspired by Anthony’s resolution to draw every day. In 2010 Luis did walk miles to and from the Flatbush Target and Toys ‘R’ Us. That’s been scaled back to nightly walks with our tiny dog now that we have a car and everything is closed anyway.

At the beginning of 2020, Luis announced he would do 20 large pieces and 120 quick sketches.

He easily met the 120 goal when creating content for Betty school, but “no way I’m getting to 20.”

Though, he would like to caveat that with the fact he becomes a prolific artist around the holidays when family requests pieces as gifts.

—MV

2011 HEADLINES Last issue, when I calculated when Issue 100 should have been published (March 27, 2011) and what would have been in the news at that time, it brought me back to vuvuzelas from the World Cup in South Africa (even though that was 2010...).

Then I found this picture of Kal’s grandpa blowing a vuvuzela at him.

Things I forgot I made

ADW GOES DIGITAL The Dubbs went through its phases. All the type was justified. Everything was three columns. No pictures were opened up because it was going to print poorly anyway... Then people started to leave Niche and we needed to be available beyond the printed copies handed out on Friday afternoons. A Facebook group was started, a Tumblr blog with a handful of entries, and a website with exclusive online content.

The actual original idea for the Dubbs was that it should be a website. That always sounds so easy in theory when you hear that someone made a website in order to show a store they needed to beat a better online price. But good-looking websites don’t come together quickly when you are not already making good-looking websites. So, I told Luis his first issue of Art Department Weekly should just be in print.

Forty-five issues later it seemed time to put the Dubbs online.

Again, in theory, that’s a nice idea, but we were trying to do it with minimal investment. The original site is basically still sitting there. I updated it a little bit to promote the music issue. I changed it even more recently to embed content from issuu.com so readers don’t have to download the app. But then I needed to get back to meeting the print deadline.

Maybe I’ll get back to upating madelinestrum.com/ adw to be responsive and user friendly. Maybe. —MV

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GAME OF THRONES

We’re sure this would have been all the talk every Monday if it had been on when the original crew was together

THE MANDALORIAN

The best expansion of canon comes back for Season 2 with The Child in a snuggly!

EUPHORIA

Rue had me so worried so many times.

WATCHMEN

We watched this one week at a time, tortured by every cliffhanger and mystery.

ZOE’S EXTRAORDINARY PLAYLIST

SCHITT’S CREEK

LV watched it on his commute but liked it so much he watched it a second time with Madeline.

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Like campy Glee but with adults and special powers!

G.L.O.W.

Following these woman on their train wreck adventure is amazing.

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TV & MOVIES

Glee, Lost, and everything with vampires appeared to be frequent topics of discussion.

Narrowing down all our viewing favorites to Five Things wasn’t possible when so many Marvel movies have been released between issues 68 and 100, we started streaming series to fill the void a lack of sports left, and there’s simply so much good TV. Vampires and zombies aren’t something we’re watching much of anymore, but shows with singing came back into rotation with The Voice and then Zoe’s Extraordinary Playlist. There are a number of shows Luis can’t wait for Madeline to stream because he already watched them on his phone or his second monitor at work, but how can he rewatch Breaking Bad and play video games and watch the current playoff games? Madeline and her phone will probably pick Handmaid’s Tale.

We just heard Walking Dead and Supergirl are coming to a close in 2021 :( From our April 2011 issue, the Niche crew dressed as the cast of Glee (and we waited a few months to use the picture).

FASHION ISSUES Bravo brought Project Runway back and seemed to have cast five different versions of their new host Christian Siriano. The twists! I would never have put money on Geoffrey Mac winning except that he’s obviously a good person to work with if he went home and got a job doing more costumes during the break where he should have been designing his final collection. He was the best bet for a mentorship.

STILL SUPER? LV will tell you Laura Vandervoort was pretty good, but Melissa Benoist (the current) is his favorite Supergirl.

He likes her as a reporter. He likes her in a cape. She should lose the bangs and get better writers.

REVISING HIS OPINION Luis’ current hot take on the Black Widow movie Disney Plus should have premiered months ago: I’m looking forward to this. It is long overdue. Every other character has had a solo film—some two if not three. (Hawkeye was always a bit player.) I’m very much looking forward to seeing Scarlett Johansson and Florence Pugh (Fighting with My Family)’s take on the story. I think they’re angling for Florence to be the new Black Widow.

Also, Hopper (Stranger Things’ David Harbour) with a bad Russian accent? Sign me up every day.

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HOT MAYORS

AMY INTRODUCED US TO HER PICKS IN ISSUE 44. THIS IS OUR 2020 UPDATE The fittest mayors in America kicked us off at samirbecic.com/top-25-fittest-mayors-in-america-2018/

JACOB FREY MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Frey was sworn in as mayor in 2018 at the age of 36, but came into our conscience when he took to the podium after George Floyd’s lynching. His city was overwhelmed with protesters at a time when Minnesota banned gatherings of more than 10 people. There are pictures of Frey at protests with “I Can’t Breathe” printed on his mask. The Minneapolis city council voted in June to disband the police and replace it with a Department of Community Safety and Violence Prevention. Now the city is being sued by eight people who argue that change increased crime. Frey is a former professional runner and marathoner. Anti-racism is not a sprint, so ADW is rooting for Frey.

TIMOTHY M. KELLER ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A

Mayor Keller

Google Image search is going to return everything from the metalhead on stage to playing arena football to alumni updates at Harvard Business school. And he’s an Eagle Scout. One meme compares him to Harvey Dent. He stood with the U.S. Conference of Mayors to fight family separation on the border with Mexico before fighting the pandemic.

Mayor Frey

Mayor Bowser

MURIEL BOWSER DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA The sixth mayor of D.C. graced Amy’s list, but its eighth mayor made the samirbecic.com list with her workouts, walks and runs, nutrition seminars, and health expos. Bowser expanded opportunity across all eight Wards of DC by strengthening job training programs, and by attracting and retaining jobs in the District.

She renamed the stretch of 16th Street NW in front of the White House, “Black Lives Matter Plaza,” installing the first BLM mural spanning the entire street. DC-based leaders of Black Lives Matter said the act was a distraction from real policy changes.

I wondered if Bowser was really the 2020 mayor to include here when Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms of Atlanta (photo by Joshua Rashaad McFadden) had been sued by her governor over mask mandates after the police chief tried to engage

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Mayor Lance Bottoms protesters and then resigned after her officers killed a man who was drunk at a drive thru. The South might not have “the fittest” cities, but Craig Melvin talked to seven black mayors (most in their 30s) from southern cities on TODAY about how they navigate relations with police, Confederate monuments, and responses to the pandemic. Check it out at today.com.

HOt MaYOr alert!

After a trip to the other Coast, Amy gives us the scoop on who woud get her vote.

HILLARY SCHIEVE RENO, NEV. To be completely superficial, Shieve does not look nearly 50. Her work to support organ donations (she received a kidney from her sister) and stay healthy put her on the samirbecic.com list, but her work to support entrepreneurs and revitalize business in Reno put her on Politico’s short list of most interesting mayors.

Mayor Schieve

Sam Adams, “Silver Fox,” 47, Portland The first openly gay mayor of a Top 30 U.S. city. He’s been rocked with scandal from an in-office sexual relationship with a teenager. Still, a silver fox.

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Carmen Gronquist, “Mayoral Pinup,” 44, Arlington, Oregon The mayor of a town with a population of 524, she had to step down in 2008 due to racy pics of herself that she posted on MySpace. But, LOOK AT THOSE ABS! I’d post pics of myself too if I were her.

Mayor Suarez

Gavin Newsom, “Mayor Hottie,” 43, San Francisco I saw the man in person, from two feet away. He’s young, handsome, has quite a head of hair, and wears Converse.

(They’re just like us!) Briefly dated Sofia Milos from CSI Miami.

Now married to another actress (but that’s never stopped him— his first marriage broke up after an affair with a staffer).

Adrian Fenty, “Bald and Beautiful,” 40, D.C. This tall drink of multi-cultural water (he’s Afro-Panamian and Italian-American) likes to wears black fedoras and runs triathalons.

Also smart and passionate.

Honorable Mention: Sarah Palin. Lest we forget, she was once mayor of Wasilla. And those who want to have sex with their teachers often find her hot.* *independent study, 2009 Not Hot: Jersey City mayor Jeremiah Healey was found passed out naked on his front porch after one too many drinks... while he was mayor. And he was re-elected this year.

UPDATES

FRANCIS SUAREZ MIAMI, FLA.

Suarez made samirbecic. com’s list for things like playing pick up basketball in the public parks with kids, but he makes our list for being one of the first U.S. elected officials to enter isolation after contracting COVID-19 from possibly a local event with Brazilian government official who later tested positive.

Mayor Garcetti

San Francisco Mayor Newsom is now GOVERNOR NEWSOM. Surrounded by wildfires, he signed a bill to reform California’s inmate firefighter program. “Inmates who have stood on the frontlines, battling historic fires should not be denied the right to later become a professional firefighter,” he said.

BALD AND BEAUTIFUL Adrian

ERIC GARCETTI LOS ANGELES, CALIF. As the mayor of the second largest city in America, Garcetti’s decisions about public gatherings and opening schools are heavy enough, but he’s also fighting with Trump over forest management and calling protesters outside the hospital where ambushed police officers were taken ‘abhorrent.’

Garcetti served as an intelligence officer in the U.S. Navy Reserve, studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford, and is a foster parent. He takes morning hikes in the park with his family and when he has guest, such as Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (There’s video online.)

ADW hopes there’s a happy ending to Garcetti’s huge to-do list.

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Fenty served one term and dated Steve Jobs’ widow, Laurene Powell Jobs. He’s a venture capitalist now.

SILVER FOX Sam Adams did not seek a second term, but announced his candidacy for Portland City Commission.

MAYORAL PINUP Carmen Gronquist seems to have fallen off the face of the earth.

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Besides Anthony (the face) and Amy (the heart), who else had bylines in ADW?

Can you name any interns from back then? (6 responses)

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Marina

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Rich

SANDY! AND STEFANIE PITARO

SANDY! NOT ONE! EEK!

Stefanie Dan Denis

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Trick question—they all did. Survey takers seem to best remember Rich’s contributions.

SINCE 2009, HAVE YOU...

Sold a book you found on a giveaway table?

No!

Kept working on a food blog?

One yes

Attended a beauty sale?

Yes!

4 Yes+ 2 No

Karaoked?

Become a parent?

Yes!

Yes!

No!

One no

Adopted a pet?

Yes+ No

Yes+ No

Equal split

Equal split

One no

Written for fun?

Yes+ No Equal split

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One yes

One no

Eaten more Fiber One?

Gotten married?

Painted for fun?

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A NOTE FROM THE DOCTOR Hi, everyone! I’m John Vilanova (“JV”) and I got hired at Niche Media in Fall 2009 as a fact-checker, my first job after college. I worked there from 2009 until 2010, returning to freelance in the summer of 2011 before returning full-time in the summer of 2012. I stayed until summer 2014, eventually becoming senior research editor and then managing editor of Philly Style. In a lot of ways, I’ve been chasing the community that Niche gave me ever since—it was the best workplace I’ve ever been a part of. I have a deep, deep love and appreciation for the people I got to work with. Couldn’t have asked for a better job.

I left Niche to pursue a Ph.D in Communication at UPenn in Philly, completing it in 2019 (so, yes, you can call me Dr. if you want). I took a job last year as Professor of Practice in Journalism & Communication and Africana Studies at Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. My job is to teach the next generation of journalists and writers how to go about doing their jobs in ways that are more racially responsible, making sure equity becomes a practice, and that, as the kids say, we “stay woke.” My big area of focus (about which I’ve written in the LA Times and The Atlantic in recent years and am slowly working on a book about) is the GRAMMY Awards and how they contain a kind of racialized hierarchy about what “good” music looks and sounds like. I love my work and am just trying to make things a little better out there in the world any way I can.

I met the love of my life, Sara, in Kansas while I was there visiting friends in 2013. After our first meeting, we communicated exclusively by writing for the next six months—I wrote most of my messages to her from the cafeteria at 100 Church Street, eventually convincing her to move to the East Coast and to a city 100 times bigger than anywhere she’d ever lived before. We got married June 9, 2018, in Lawrence, Kansas, and are living in deeply suburban Bethlehem, tending our garden and trying to stay sane during quarantine. We’re expecting our first child in March and are unbelievably thrilled at the thought of it. Hope everyone’s doing okay.

JV instantly became one of my favorite people.

—Luis AN EXTRA NOTE I know that the past is always through a vaseline-coated lens, but Niche really was the best workplace culture I’ve ever been a part of. The Dubbs is the quintessence of that—of the idea that there was nothing wrong with a bunch of creative people who did their jobs, took seriousness and pride in them, but also found time to be humans as well. As the Dubbs’s fearless leader, you taught me so much about what I wanted out of a workplace, and I find myself still chasing that feeling to this day. So it’s my pleasure!

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ADULTING WITH DAN The Dubbs hits the century mark! Writing those silly columns was a weekly highlight of my Niche years.

What has transpired since I left Niche Media you ask? *Inhales Deeply* Here we go! Immediately after leaving Niche, my then girlfriend (now wife) and I went to Paris before I started at Esquire as an Account Manger. Those seven days of being between jobs with no email and just enjoying what Paris had to offer was a blast! Not long after that, Aysha and I moved in together in the UWS and got engaged on an August weekend in Montauk.

As life goes, once that ring went on her finger, we went into hyper drive! Wedding planning, house hunting, and thinking about starting a family. That timeline went down like this... 2015: June/Wedding, Sept/Close on house in Huntington, November/ Move to Burbs. 2016: July/Start a new job at Fast Company, 2017: May/Get pregnant, 2018: Feb/It’s a boy - Baby Ryan is born!

That 3.5 year span was the most rewarding, stressful, productive, exhilarating, meaningful, terrifying, and beautiful time in my life. Pepper in winning a couple of fantasy football championships, trips to Norway, Fiji (honeymoon), Bodrum, Breckinridge, Oaji, Newport (babymoon), other cities

around the USA, and a short year and a half stint at Elite Traveler selling ads, I think that is the Dan Maxwell experience...abridged. We now have settled into a life with a 2.5 year old that just started preschool and have been in our home just under 5 years. Excitement these days includes going to Home Depot to buy some mums for my planter box—yes mums—and that’s the way I like it!

To my past, present, and future ADW compatriots—viva la dubz!

—DRM

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MORE SURVEY QUESTIONS

Have you worked any place where the staff goes out together to drink together as often as the group at Niche?

Did you work in the Niche Media LLC art department in 2009-ish?

Yes

Yes 33.3%

No

Not in Art

100%

Not at all 66.7%

Do you work for Modern Luxury now?

Do you still work in publishing?

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Yes 66.7%

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INDELIBLE FUNK What up! Hope everyone is doing well. The world before covid seems like another life lived these days, but let’s go even further back—back to when ADW was born. I can’t believe we’re at 100 issues. It’s a real testament to Luis and Madeline’s hard work and undying commitment to ADW. A BIG THANK YOU to you both!

Thinking back on our times at Niche brings a smile to my face. We forged so many great friendships united by the struggles of an underpaid and overworked art department constantly on deadline with little or no budget per issue. :) I’ll never forget organizing and funding the first Ludachristmas by slipping in a fake $300 spot illustration to Gotham Magazine and making it an annual event!

So, a little about me post Niche. I left Niche in 2011 with a raise in pay and an enthusiastic attitude as the new Art Director at weekly TVGuide. After a year at TVG, I realized that the money wasn’t making me any happier. I enjoyed the greater responsibility, but I didn’t have enough time to do work that I really loved. We cranked out an issue per week. I did get to re-design their Comic Con issues, but that was a pleasure I only got to experience annually. The weekly Friday deadlines had created such a stressful work environment that I was blasting off whenever we closed the issue on a Friday into an orgy of alcohol, drugs, and partying. As some of you know, I’m a graffiti artist who would use the weekends to paint murals and get my hands dirty.

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The stress and partying was affecting my work in the office and on the weekends as well when I was doing what I truly loved. I had thought about leaving the 9-5 office environment, but the prospect of freelance work was uncertain and intimidating. After a year at TVG, I promised myself to take my mural work seriously and stay in or go home early on Friday night so I could wake up focused to paint and create. Over time, my work was showing improvement, and I was being invited to paint at mural festivals around the US. In December 2012, while travelling home from Miami Art Basel, I was notified that I was an artist selected to paint the newly renovated LinkedIn offices in the Empire State building. I was beyond excited. This was going to be the moment where I ventured out on my own. On a lunch break the following week, I scheduled a walkthrough of the new offices and got to touch the wall at the mural site. We signed the mural contract and I gave my two weeks notice when I got back to the office.

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Starting my own mural business was definitely something I was totally unprepared for. I had the artistic and organizational skills to get the mural done, but understanding the business side of things had a steep learning curve. Setting a competitive price on your time and energy when you’re low on cash and the rent is due was a rough lesson to learn.

I had to endure lots of resentful jobs getting underpaid and clients from hell with horrible taste. I remember the phone not ringing for three months after the LinkedIn job. I even started cold calling tech startups offering my services. They must have thought I was nuts. I would hustle small jobs and build my portfolio. One of the benefits was that I had an open schedule where I had more time to produce

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my own artwork. I wasn’t limited to just the weekends.

During my first year of freelancing, I heard word of an international graffiti competition in Tahiti. I signed up and was selected to compete. Traveling to Tahiti for a week of writing graffiti and painting murals was a dream come true. On top of it all, I somehow managed to take First Place in the competition. It was surreal, and on Mother’s Day no less. Mom was proud! They invited me back the following two years to compete again where I took first place in the lettering portion of the competition in ’15 and then to produce my first large scale mural in ’16. My reputation as a skilled muralist both personally and professionally was spreading. Since then I’ve been

travelling and painting all over the world whenever I have the time. I’ve had the opportunity to illustrate murals for Netflix show OITNB, Superfly the movie, and TIKTOK. I’ve also painted murals for Nike, Doritos, and STARZ. When I’m not outside painting or working, I have an art studio near my apt where I get to work on my own fine art.

I’ve been very fortunate to be busy with work after the first few months of quarantine. I hope everyone reading this is healthy and happy enough to join me in the back room of Planet Rose, for some drinks and Karaoke when all of this is over!

Much Love!

Anthony

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September 22, 2020 • Art

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THE BIGGEST ISSUE Assembling pdfs to complete the library on issuu.com, Madeline was amused 16 pages set a record The issue sounds like it started as normal, according to Luis’ editor’s letter, and then just grew out of control as he couldn’t stop coming up with more things to say about upcoming Marvel movies and his favorite toys and moments from Empire Strikes Back, which was turning 30 that weekend. Looking at it now, it totally begs the question, “What were they thinking?” Apparently, I was not only assembling Issue 55, but also designing and customizing T-shirts for our little family to wear in Disney World, planning that trip, raising an infant, and babysitting Meg four days a week. And I was turning 30. I’m no longer surprised I ordered a giant ice cream cake for myself from Baskin Robbins.

We also traveled to Chicago for Mother’s Day. Issues came out every week.

“So, this has become the largest issue to date. Something Madeline was not prepared for.

It kind of makes her want to cry because she’s sure this is also the shittiest issue to date.”

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Issue 52 recapped the first year in only 12 pages—and it wasn’t about to be produced on time. A 4-page teaser came out the week it should have been distributed.

Why stop at designing an iron-on decal?

Not only was there a design on the back, I bought a pack of mens shirts and tailored three of them to fit Meg, Kal, and me so that we didn’t look like we were wearing a man’s shirt.

STAYING OFF PROPERTY I booked a hotel in Cocoa Beach so we could get up early and go look at manatees (a couple dolphins, a lot of birds, and a chameleon) before heading to Star Wars weekend back in Orlando. Meg was wearing the Empire Strikes Back T-shirt but it was still “a surprise” to her when we drove up to the park. The parade included the voice actress for Ahsoka Tano and pictures with Queen Amidala.

Characters wouldn’t sign the shirt unless you took it off, so Papa had to change.

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Ashley Eckstein had just been in Issue 53

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SO WHAT WAS THE BIGGEST? If you’ve been paying attention to the Dubbs on Issuu, then you would know we go far beyond 16 pages when covering conventions. Again, it’s funny to flip through the originals and see only two pages of coverage for New York Comic Con. Only one cosplayer? Where are the sketches?

2016 Conventions - 120 pages 2017 Conventions - 84 NYCC15 - 74 NYCC18 - 68 NYCC19 - 64 NYCC14 - 52 adW Goes to toY FaIr

2017 Year In Review - 50 Summer 2018 - 36 Star Wars - 36 Food - 30 October 2013 - 28 July 4, 2014 - 20 Music 2013 - 20

It’s hard to believe the Music Issue isn’t bigger when it was so much work

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ith copies of ADW in tow (to prove that i had bylines and that we feature toy coverage), i was given a media badge and map to walk the floor and cover an event i had always dreamed of attending. After a misstep to the dolls and learning toys, i found myself in toy geek nirvana—the action figure alley. my first stop was the dC direct booth. i am a

Superman freak (i mean my son’s name is kal) so the “Superman: world of New krypton” toys (below left) were the biggest hit of the day. That’s Superman (2nd from left) as Commander el. i also loved the Green lantern multi-part statue (right) as well the great Catwoman statue (below right) based on the artwork of Adam Hughes.

Here is a small selection of other things i loved while at Toy Fair 2010: (clockwise) Funko’s Justice league plushies (Superman was amazing); Tonner’s disney princess Collection; the minimates delorean with a mini marty mcFly; a huge selection of uglydolls; lego Harry potter’s Hogwarts Castle with moving stairs; Neca’s megan Fox from Jonah Hex and Terminator 2 figures; kotubukaya’s Captain America, Thor and iron man statues; diamond’s iron man and war machine action figures.

What’s extra weird about the single spread for NYCC is that there don’t seem to be any original pictures. Our coverage of Free Comic Book Day included these pictures Luis took of Meg getting a sketch and talking to Joe Stanton at Jim Hanley’s Universe.

“Wooowwwwwww... I can’t imagine only two and not 40.”

-Luis upon hearing how ADW used to cover NYCC

Under an assignment for Maxim, Madeline secured a press pass and found two cosplayers to follow around on separate days for NYCC 2013. Talking with so many photographers, sculptors, and artists was exhilarating. The NYCC 2014 themed issue broke the mold for ADW, changing the way we designed the cover and feature stories.

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“I think we do post con coverage better than anyone else.”

-Luis “I love our comic con issues. Each one gets better than the last,” Luis says. “You’ve unlocked a formula that works.” I think our coverage from year to year has changed a lot, though, depending who is there. I’m alone? I’m with an infant? I’m following around a 9-year-old? I’m not there at all? The 2014 issue was a mega recap. I went section by section of the Javits Center when planning the issue. By the time I was cranking out the 2019 issue—when I hadn’t been to NYCC at all that year—I planned the issue around what was actually important.

Our 2014 NYCC coverage has the most traffic of everything we have online. I think it’s because we talked to so many people have such a range of real conversations. Luis sat down with Todd McFarlane to talk about his new toy line. I talked to vendors about wood work, make up, recycled comics... Plus we had plenty of costume pictures.

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I would have been happy to photograph the making of any these things.

When I brought the Dubbs back in January, I intended to make every issue like NYCC 2014—talking to people about what they were creating. I love hearing all the different ways people find themselves in the business of making resin jewelry or suddenly needing to finish a comic series. Even more than talking about the art, like how Space Wolf really does destroy the plates for his laser cut designs so that the number are sincerely limited, I love taking behind the scenes pictures. Before the pandemic, I really wanted to start a portfolio of work portraits.

People love day in the life shoots for their babies, but jobs are just as intense and good pictures to promote your work seems maybe more valuable. But here we are in pandemic, so I’ll be running tech support and checking schoolwork.

—MV

I called the Megabots team to interview them for this article.

Their site is still active, but it doesn’t look like they’ve become the new sport they planned to be.

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A Feature We Didn’t Get To...

The idea of redesigning things had come up as a potential ongoing series, so I took pictures with an iPad like 10 years ago of old year books at my parents’ house. At the time I had them out, Luis was all, “It was the ’90s.

More was more.” Looking again now, it’s funny to see the difference when I had control of photos.

What happened to my template?!

The horror.

12 act ion

6?

I jumped up to take this photo in French, and then got mad at the way it was cropped.

C’est la vie.

act ion Not my design

When I was the sports editor, I had hundreds of photos that I needed to boil down to maybe seven photos to sum up how the season went for multiple teams in a single sport. I always wanted to paint a complete picture. The first time I was ever really positioned to tell the whole story was when I went on a two-week camping trip for Field Biology. Seven pictures to show what it was like to travel to multiple national parks with only two teachers... Multiple photogs contributed to this spread.

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As an editor, my job was to set the templates. Robert Newman and John Korpics’ work directing Entertainment Weekly heavily influenced my choices.

This last picture with “Time of Change” was completely lifted from EW. I don’t know how that style worked for dozens of stories. Seeing all the faces in the gutter reminds me of how the staff thought I was being stupid when I would get mad at the way they cropped photos. Back in the day, we drew the crop marks and sent it off to the publisher. No wysiwyg!

Revisiting Old Work It’s funny to find multiple options in an old shoot and wonder why I hated it all in 2008.

I’m glad I backed these up. —Madeline

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LV TRAVELED A LOT (and I retouched a lot) Traveling is legitimately one of Luis’ least favorite things ever. “I have to interact with new people in different places,” he says in disgust. “I love routine. I love a schedule.” How much does he love flying? “Zero percent.” His first job after Niche included so much travel.

Three Super Bowls, three Hometown Hotties, Heavenly Resorts, plus Mardi Gras for Devil’s Cut. “They sponsored a float. The parade never lets anyone have a sponsored float, but they had one. I designed a float.”

His current job has only required him to fly one time—on the company jet to Des Moines for a Walmart shoot. The puddle jumper had to be the worst experience, right? “I would rather have the minivan with wings any day. It was super lux.

There were no people to deal with. My bag never left my sight. I knew most of the other people on the flight. I could see the pilot. It put me more at ease to see him doing his thing. It was so baller. He just turned around and told us to buckle in when we were getting ready to land.

I’ve flown once in the last five years, and that’s ideal.”

Really good production companies have helped him escape more travel. “I didn’t travel for Maximum Warrior because I had a good production team.”

And there was no photo shoot he needed to direct there. He didn’t have to travel for Prevention’s R3 either. If he doesn’t need to be there hanging signs or making sure he’s getting poses he can work with later, Luis is not leaving town.

—MV

Maxim created an award winning special section for Jim Beam Devil’s Cut that was shot in New Orleans during Mardi Gras.

(Photographs by Udo Spreitzenbarth)

Two more shoots by Udo Spreitzenbarth that Madeline retouched—one of Hometown Hotties in Las Vegas for a Walmart poster and one for signage for an event at Heavenly Ski Resort in Lake Tahoe.

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MADELINE ON THE HOT 100 When I shot this Jim Beam advertorial in March 2013 for Maxim, the plan was to tell a story that ends with April Rose as a ghost.

I wasn’t happy with how my version of her as a ghost ended up at the time—and then it had to be simplified even more so phones could properly recognize the image and send readers to the link. Making a better version of the final image has been on my to-do list for seven years. Unfortunately, my copy of the shoot was lost so I don’t have the same shot the story is supposed to end on. I have the image that might have become standees in liquor stores and an outtake that couldn’t be used at the time because we lacked the space and I lacked the ability to really rescue the ring light not firing properly. I’m excited to keep playing with Photoshop while I monitor remote school.

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FIVE THINGS ON LUIS’ MIND THESE PAST FEW WEEKS

SHOOTING IN 2K

My most looked-forward-to game of the year was released with completely broken shooting mechanics. It’s taken 4 patches to try and fix what should never have been touched in the first place. This is the lowest rated 2K ever (1.6 metacritic score).

DUBBS TURNS 100

I am so insanely proud of ADW turning 100. The little mag that could. There is no way in the world that it gets here without Madeline playing the role of Atlas and keeping it on her shoulders.

PS5

I want one!

I missed the pre-orders and need to secure one soon.

THE BUBBLE

I love the NBA playoffs in the bubble. Games every two days have made the playoffs storm by. I love the pace, the drama, and the game play. A+ for the NBA Playoffs.

MIKE MCCARTHY

I’ve never been a fan of McCarthy. I feel like he wasted so many good Aaron Rodgers years. Highly overrated, I was not excited when he became the Cowboys coach. The first two weeks haven’t done anything to make me like him more. Basically Garrett 2.0

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