A Kiss Before You Go
Excerpts from an illustrated memoir of love and mourning after an artist loses his wife to a tragic accident.
Danny Gregory
Guilt (September)
The conclusion to our writer's saga of contemporary fatherhood, where all is revealed and most are forgiven, including a postscript with advice for new parents.
Jack (August)
Surviving the delivery is one thing; living through weeks of midnight feedings, particularly when emergencies strike, is much worse. Our writer discovers the ancient conspiracy that keeps expectant parents in the dark.
Past Due (August)
Finally, it's time. Mommy's off to the hospital, and Daddy, after months of careful training, completely forgets what he's supposed to do. The newest chapter in our writer's saga of contemporary paternity.
Due Date (July)
The baby’s late. Life is hell. When the neonatalist tells him to relax and make love, is our writer, the contemporary father, prepared to take his sensible advice? No. Of course not. Resume panic.
You Betrayed Me (June)
Striving to be a good father also means being a good husband. And while co-attending birthing classes is a smart idea, our writer learns that springing a surprise baby shower--and not warning his wife about the stain on her top--is not.
Stocking Up (May)
When a child is on the way, the last months can seem agonizingly slow. So does it help, when you're finally ready, to have your mother suggest you and your wife are ambivalent about the whole baby thing?
I Abandon the Mother of My Child (April)
As the big day nears, anxieties grow sharper, and even a bad episode of ER becames fraught with symbols. Add in a business trip halfway across the world--can our almost-father handle the stress?
Option C (March)
Pregnant mothers have extraordinary needs—love, support, removal of strangely repugnant odors—but it’s the fathers who are needy. Another chapter in our writer's illustrated chronicle of worry.
One in 285 (February)
Discovering the sex of your unborn child is a cause for celebration, and then baskets of new and unexpected anxieties. A new chapter in our writer's pursuit of fatherhood.
How About Those Knicks? (January)
Your child's tastes--for a particular brand of peanut butter, or milk, or religion--are up for grabs once she's out of the womb. But what happens if she turns into a Knicks freak, Mr. No-Sports-Knowledge-Whatsoever? More notes on our writer's long nine months.
Mad Dog (January)
Our children are unique composites of our genes and our mate’s—noses, hairlines, and tennis serves. Unfortunately, the kid can also get saddled with Uncle Tom’s halitosis. Another installation in our writer's saga of birth.
Cup-a-Soup and Candy Canes (December)
Part of becoming a father is accepting responsibility for how another person turns out. But can you hold your own family responsible too? And is it smart to gather them all on a cruise to find out? Our writer continues his illustrated saga.
Dead Rabbit and Beyond (November), Part II
Leaving New York for Ohio, even for a short time, is an exercise in real-estate envy and relaxation, except for all those drunk cowboys. Our writer continues his tale of pregnancy with a new episode about patience and gunfire.
Dead Rabbit and Beyond (November)
You can have a successful career in your thirties and still pretend you’re 18, carousing at clubs and sleeping on a futon. But to have a baby at the same time? Our writer continues the Peanut with a new installment on adulthood.
Plan 9 (September)
Attention men: Want to have a child? Then you better come up with a plan for making sure you accomplish the vital first steps. Our chronicler of technical wherewithal brings us a new episode of the Peanut.
An Introduction
There are hundreds of wonderful books on motherhood for women; there are zero decent books on fatherhood for men. Our contributing illlustrator starts a new series, to continue here every other week, about fatherhood. Welcome to the Peanut.
Death Row Diaries, Part II
Can watercolors change how you perceive a killer? Do murderers have a harder time sitting for portraits?
Death Row Diaries
How much can you tell about a person from their yearbook photo, particularly when the yearbook is stocked with killers?
Jerusalem Journal
There's no easy way to tour Israel on foot, especially when people are trying to steal your art supplies. Our staff illustrator returns to the land where his family's been for more than 70 years.
Portraits of Homeless Men
This past Monday, 36,782 homeless people spent the night in a New York City shelter; the number who slept on the street is impossible to ascertain. TMN illustrator Danny Gregory brings us the stories of three men without homes.
Sky Mall Pop Quiz
Thank goodness for Sky Mall—that catalogue of oddball products supplied as entertainment for the passengers of most commercial airlines. But does anyone actually shop from it, or even know what its items are meant for? Danny Gregory and The Staff put together a test for its odder merchandise.
The Color of Water
After a week of cold rain, most New Yorkers would kill somebody—anybody!—to spend some time on a tropical beach. Artist Danny Gregory just returned from the Dominican Republic, and brought back a book of drawings and watercolors.
Martha's Big Day
The city loves a big trial, especially when a big name is under the spotlight. Our favorite artist Danny Gregory spent a day at Martha Stewart's public trial and sent us some drawings from the courthouse.
Everyday Matters
In a city of unexpected fates and constant change, it's hard to pin down the state of things. Drawing can help, especially after a traumatic accident. An excerpt from Danny Gregory's new drawing-diary, Everyday Matters.