The Paris Review Daily

Author Archive

A Week in Culture: Zachary Kanin, Cartoonist, Part 2

March 17, 2011 | by

This is the second installment of Kanin’s culture diary. Click here to read part 1.

DAY FOUR

8:00 P.M.

I had dinner with my best friend from when I was a baby.

DAY FIVE

10:00 P.M.

Played harmonica with the “The Calamity Janes” at the Rod and Gun club in Williamsburg. My friend Chris discovered that he is a prodigy at zooming in and out on a FlipCam.

Read More »

1 COMMENT

A Week in Culture: Zachary Kanin, Cartoonist

March 16, 2011 | by

DAY ONE

11:30 A.M.

A graduate student came to my house to film me making a sandwich for her documentary, which, as far as I can tell, is about cartoonists eating lunch.

3:30 P.M.

While on a stroll in the park, three teenagers ran up behind me, threw me to the ground, and punched me repeatedly in the head. I threw them off and ran far enough away to call the police. I spent the next several days replaying the scene in my head.

Read More »

5 COMMENTS