From snowy Chicago. On way to Art Institute. Later American Writers Museum. Tomorrow The Book Cellar. thebob.substack.com

Thrilled to be heading to Miami to present my two new books, Inspired by Cats and Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums, at the @MiamiBookFair! 🗓️ November 16–23, 2025 (Street Fair: November 21-23) 📍 Miami Dade College, Wolfson Campus

Here's your Halloween Caption Contest. Winner gets a hug from me.

It's been fun doing this newsletter and I really appreciate all the letters and feedback. thebob.substack.com/p/saying-goo...

Happy National Cat Day! Edward Gorey, off to party. Just saw his show at Society of Illustrators. Illustration from new book, Inspired by Cats. @soi128.bsky.social @edwardgoreyhouse.bsky.social

Need a break? It's free... thebob.substack.com/p/special-sh...

Heading to Rhinebeck, NY, Thursday. LOVE Oblong Books. (We are dishing about great writers, giving away prizes, doing cat trivia, sharing cartoons and jokes…and it’s FREE. And we promise, fun. OBLONG BOOKS, Rhinebeck, NY, THURS 6pm. 6422 Montgomery St.)

My friend, writer Nava Atlas, will be conducting a fun evening of cat trivia & chat about this time tomorrow at the Elting Memorial Library. That's Tuesday, the 14th, at 7pm in New Paltz, NY, 93 Main St. Bring her books to sign, including Inspired by Cats. eltinglibrary.libcal.com/event/14931797

Today's issue of The Bob is FREE. But can anyone put a price on learning the key to happiness? thebob.substack.com/p/the-key-to...

I’m looking forward to eating regular food again, like this. But at moment I’m off sugar (and salt, dairy, meat, carbs, alcohol, and gluten) so raincheck on this dish. www.instagram.com/reel/DOUnPny...

Old Air Mail cartoon that is unfortunately as relevant today as ever. @airmail.news

I want to extend an invite to my NYC friends to my book event at @barnesandnoble.com Upper West Side at Broadway, near 82nd St. Oct. 6th, Mon, at 7 pm. FREE. (Yankees don't play that night) Feel free to share this around to anyone who likes cats, museums, great writers and/or cartoons.

WRITERS! Tom. at 10am, Nava Atlas & I will be answering publishing questions on Free Advice Friday panel. Leave any you may have and want addressed in the Comments. Join here: freeadvicefridays.com Cartoon courtesy of @airmail.news @newshelvesbooks.bsky.social

I just found out that Jeff Daniels and Jeff Bridges are two different people.

FREE Goodreads giveaway of our new book on great writers and their beloved pets. Deadline is tonight (Monday, midnight PST)! Link to enter in Comments.

Last Call! For cartoon caption contest. The deadline is tomorrow to come up with a caption. The prize is a signed copy of my new book with writer, Nava Atlas. To enter go to new issue of the The Bob. thebob.substack.com

CAPTION CONTEST! Deadline Sat. Prize is signed copy of my new book with writer, Nava Atlas. To enter go here; tinyurl.com/yd6f4bf8 Thank you, @writersdigest.bsky.social @wwnorton.com

For any published or unpublished writer, join me Friday morning for an intimate discussion on writing and how to be more productive. It’s FREE. Just bring all your questions about publishing. Pike County Public Library, Milford, PA. 10:30am.

Still recovering from yesterday’s festivities of reading a couple of books and going to take today easier. Check out the new issue of the Bob, or wait, please listen to my absolutely fun appearance on Places I Remember (with Lea Lane). The link is tinyurl.com/4pk4jpnp @lealane.bsky.social

Happy National Read-A-Book Day! One of my favorite places in the world, Three Lives & Company in the West Village, NYC. (from Footnotes from the World's Greatest Bookstores postcard boxset)

Trying to slow down and relax. Do little projects that don’t involve Legal. Just made this. No lawyers.

This is how I used to feel. After she posed, I told her that she looked great and reminded me of a younger version of myself.

Thank you, @ricksteves.bsky.social for having me on your great show talking museums. tinyurl.com/224xfzrv (my latest project, @chroniclebooks.bsky.social Most Fascinating Museums postcard box-set. tinyurl.com/7h6px9r9)

Back to School? theamericanbystanderstore.com/products/38-...

Happy International Cat Day! I know, where has the year gone? I want to thank @distillerycat.bsky.social for this fantastic photo and Enzo for the selfie. tinyurl.com/7w2cdyya

My memoir in today's Bob (5-minute read). Subscribe and also get writing advice, cartoons & publishing stuff. thebob.substack.com/p/the-writer...

Your chance to run your own museum. Formerly the American Military Edged Weaponry Museum in Intercourse, PA, it’s now empty and ready to fill w. your crap and call a museum (National Snowman Museum?). Originally the town bank and all the fixtures are still there. Asking $400K.

Thanks, @newyorker.com. (I discuss the ones that didn't make the cut in my next Substack.)

Perhaps not the most ideal way to appear in the Merriam-Webster Dictionary but beggars can't be choosers. Sent to me:

@barnesandnoble.com has 25% off my new book w. @wwnorton.com. 60 authors, from @margaretatwood.bsky.social, @judyblume.bsky.social, @joycecaroloates.bsky.social @marlonjames.bsky.social Use code: PREORDER25 tinyurl.com/3zv3uznr Only B&N Rewards members eligible but u can enroll for FREE.

I had the opportunity to interview one of the most interesting people in New York City, tree expert and graphic designer, Ken Chaya for the West Side Rag. tinyurl.com/tw228fnk @westsiderag.bsky.social @centralparknyc.bsky.social

The new Bob. Adult Content on a Quiet Saturday Morning 4 Minute Read — A Lifetime of Misery tinyurl.com/bdd5sxef

Can’t we just be happy for the two newlyweds? We eloped but the initial guest list DID include Bill Gates, Oprah, Leonardo DiCaprio, Usher and a spattering of the Kardashians.

The latest Bob is out, and like everything else over here, hot off the presses. Included are @amystewart.bsky.social and Bob Mankoff. thebob.substack.com/p/for-gag-ca...

The CartoonStock featured this cartoon in their newsletter on this sweltering day. My Substack newsletter, The Bob, comes out later today. www.cartoonstock.com/cartoon?sear...

Oh, it's happening. This Sat I am taking part in @writersdigest.bsky.social 2025 Annual Virtual Humor Conference. I will provide a brief critique for the 1st 15 signups. My latest FREE issue of my newsletter The Bob has details + a link to get a 20% OFF registration. tinyurl.com/mwxccs3f

Meanwhile, in our neighborhood––a gang of adorable tots.

My latest edition is French, no? And free. thebob.substack.com/p/le-bob

My museum book has received some nice press but I'd like to single out and thank this particularly sweet review from, Travel Nitch, ("Creating a niche for kids with the travel itch"), a site that is specifically for kids who travel (I assume, not on their own). tinyurl.com/4cvcftm5

My latest issue of The Bob is out. It’s free. I think I imply that I now use Bonsai for my emotional needs instead seeing a therapist. thebob.substack.com

It’s International Museum Day. First the MET story told by Mick Stevens (we just had the 2 cartoons in AirMail). Mass MoCA. Room where people propose. It’s our anniversary and this trip recreated me proposing to Tammy. From my new museum book, Footnotes from the Most Fascinating Museums.

Happy Mother's Day to all moms. (These are two, relevant for today, outtakes from my museum book: from the Museum of Bad Art (l.) and a future plan for a new location for the Museum of Motherhood (r.).)

I DO enjoy when my work is out under a microscope and here’s an example to point out by Arnold Zwicky. I placed the link in the Comments. The cartoon is from The Funny Times. The idea is from today’s world. arnoldzwicky.org/2025/04/21/b...

If you used @aeromexico.bsky.social in the past 100 days, you may have heard me on their in-flight entertainment on the @zerototravel.bsky.social podcast. Thank you @michaelgerber.bsky.social, editor of @americanbystander.bsky.social for the cartoon below. open.spotify.com/episode/0sXx...

If you get a chance, please check out the New York Daily News tom.—I wrote an important OpEd in it on why Trump is President. Thank you to them and the Weekly Humorist for surely getting ICE after me.

Happy World Book Night! I’m excited to announce a new book I have coming out this Fall. 60 famous authors and their beloved feline companions. Barnes & Noble is giving 25% off for all members today & tom. Enroll for free & use discount code PREORDER25. tinyurl.com/nhc5x53u

Happy Earth Day. Even when I was a child, I liked the planet. For Christmas I would ask for scientific studies of the weather in Antarctica. Rejected sketch for New Yorker. I got the idea from Charlie Chaplin’s famous scene in The Dictator. To lighten mood, photos from a walk.

Happy Easter.