Wryter's Block, by Cartoonist-in-Residence Frank Pauer

About the artist: Frank Pauer is a cartoonist-in-residence for the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop. He is the editor emeritus of The Cartoon!st, the newsletter of the National Cartoonists Society, from which he received the Charles M. Schulz Award for Cartooning and the Silver T-Square. Now retired, he was the art director for the University of Dayton Magazine from 1991 to 2018, following a career as a staff artist at the Dayton Daily News and the Journal Herald.

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Mug by computer says, "World's greatest writer." Writer hides from it, saying to a person on the phone, "The mug is mocking me."
20th-century person at an easel working on a page of an illuminated manuscript, to visitor: "I'm looking into self-publishing."
Barista, writing on a paper cup, says to fellow barista: "Instead of a name, I just write a prompt."
Customer at a paint store asks for a color matching a description of "blue" from a book.
Exasperated writer, head resting on hand, to partner: "It's not just a writer's block — it's more like the entire neighborhood."
Exasperated writer to friend outside a bookstore: "I thought I had the great American novel in me, but all that comes out is the mostly average short story."
Exasperated writer to partner: "… I should never have read how many words are in an actual novel."
"Here's your book of fart jokes."
"It was a novel idea until politicians said it wasn't."
Man on a desert island reads an email: "Hey, Kevin, just got your latest, but, honestly, we're not sure how many more novels set on desert islands we can publish."
Movie viewer: "… the book could have used a few explosions and a car chase or two."
Nightstand Books Arch, Piscataway, New Jersey
One person to another, regarding the organization of books on a mostly empty bookshelf: "At first, I organized them by author, then by genre, then by color of the spine. And finally, by books I had actually read."
Partner gives feedback to writer: "Seriously? THREE butlers?"
Person approaching author at a book signing: "If I had as much free time as you, I could write a novel, too."
Person looking for job in classified ads: "Here's one — they're looking for a 'profreader'"
Person on phone reporting observation of a writer distracted by social media: "It's not writer's block — it's the Kardashians."
Person outside bookstore showing an "I couldn't put it down!" blurb: "I could, and I did."
Reader, handing loose-leaf manuscript back to partner/author: "More sense, less sensibility"
Writer to another person: "'Cyclopalypse.' It's an end-of-the-world scenario with one-eyed zombies."
Writer to partner: "It's a novel inspired by the movie as adapted from the television series suggested by the Broadway musical based on the comic book."
In memory of Charles Schulz, 1922-2000

Wryter's Block, by Cartoonist-in-Residence Frank Pauer

Mug by computer says, "World's greatest writer." Writer hides from it, saying to a person on the phone, "The mug is mocking me."

20th-century person at an easel working on a page of an illuminated manuscript, to visitor: "I'm looking into self-publishing."

Barista, writing on a paper cup, says to fellow barista: "Instead of a name, I just write a prompt."

Customer at a paint store asks for a color matching a description of "blue" from a book.

Exasperated writer, head resting on hand, to partner: "It's not just a writer's block — it's more like the entire neighborhood."

Exasperated writer to friend outside a bookstore: "I thought I had the great American novel in me, but all that comes out is the mostly average short story."

Exasperated writer to partner: "… I should never have read how many words are in an actual novel."

"Here's your book of fart jokes."

"It was a novel idea until politicians said it wasn't."

Man on a desert island reads an email: "Hey, Kevin, just got your latest, but, honestly, we're not sure how many more novels set on desert islands we can publish."

Movie viewer: "… the book could have used a few explosions and a car chase or two."

Nightstand Books Arch, Piscataway, New Jersey

One person to another, regarding the organization of books on a mostly empty bookshelf: "At first, I organized them by author, then by genre, then by color of the spine. And finally, by books I had actually read."

Partner gives feedback to writer: "Seriously? THREE butlers?"

Person approaching author at a book signing: "If I had as much free time as you, I could write a novel, too."

Person looking for job in classified ads: "Here's one — they're looking for a 'profreader'"

Person on phone reporting observation of a writer distracted by social media: "It's not writer's block — it's the Kardashians."

Person outside bookstore showing an "I couldn't put it down!" blurb: "I could, and I did."

Reader, handing loose-leaf manuscript back to partner/author: "More sense, less sensibility"

Writer to another person: "'Cyclopalypse.' It's an end-of-the-world scenario with one-eyed zombies."

Writer to partner: "It's a novel inspired by the movie as adapted from the television series suggested by the Broadway musical based on the comic book."

In memory of Charles Schulz, 1922-2000

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