Joe Dator
@joedator.bsky.social
Cartoonist for The New Yorker. Author of "Inked." Friend to animals. Enemy of robots.
OK, I made this dopey cartoon real. You're welcome.
November 11, 2025 at 3:47 AM
OK, I made this dopey cartoon real. You're welcome.
I'm of two minds when it comes to people sharing AI videos. On the one hand go fuck yourself, but on the other hand drop dead and burn in Hell.
November 10, 2025 at 11:54 PM
I'm of two minds when it comes to people sharing AI videos. On the one hand go fuck yourself, but on the other hand drop dead and burn in Hell.
50 years ago today.
November 10, 2025 at 4:03 PM
50 years ago today.
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democrats winning would cut into their fundraising
November 10, 2025 at 1:02 AM
democrats winning would cut into their fundraising
I'm thrilled to learn that the short film I co-directed with Kevin Maher will be screened as part of the Bowery Film Festival on Thursday, Dec. 11th! Tickets available here: www.squadup.com/events/2025-...
November 9, 2025 at 10:46 PM
I'm thrilled to learn that the short film I co-directed with Kevin Maher will be screened as part of the Bowery Film Festival on Thursday, Dec. 11th! Tickets available here: www.squadup.com/events/2025-...
Picking up some supplies for Thanksgiving.
November 9, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Picking up some supplies for Thanksgiving.
I liked Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN, but I wish he'd left in the scenes where the creature works in a funeral parlor, then comes home to his wife and son in the suburbs.
November 9, 2025 at 5:28 AM
I liked Del Toro's FRANKENSTEIN, but I wish he'd left in the scenes where the creature works in a funeral parlor, then comes home to his wife and son in the suburbs.
Spotted this morning in upper Manhattan. A lot going on here.
November 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Spotted this morning in upper Manhattan. A lot going on here.
I’m still upset that we never got a movie called EDGAR WINTER’S FRANKENSTEIN
November 8, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I’m still upset that we never got a movie called EDGAR WINTER’S FRANKENSTEIN
OPINION: "I'm Fine, By The Way, In Case Anyone Was Wondering." by The Guy Who Collapsed In The Oval Office
November 8, 2025 at 4:11 AM
OPINION: "I'm Fine, By The Way, In Case Anyone Was Wondering." by The Guy Who Collapsed In The Oval Office
“What a loser. I like people who DON’T have a medical emergency during a press conference.”
November 6, 2025 at 9:46 PM
“What a loser. I like people who DON’T have a medical emergency during a press conference.”
My social circles, and pop culture interests, have collided exquisitely today, as my good pal Kevin Maher is a guest on my good pal Frank Santopadre's new podcast, discussing the movie musicals of 1980!
Frank welcomes Emmy-nominated writer-comedian-author KEVIN MAHER, writer-actress KATE WILKINSON and Tony-winning composer JOE DiPIETRO for a critical and frequently comical analysis of movie musicals (and "movies with music") released in the year 1980!
Hear it NOW at funforallagespodcast...!
Hear it NOW at funforallagespodcast...!
November 4, 2025 at 9:03 PM
My social circles, and pop culture interests, have collided exquisitely today, as my good pal Kevin Maher is a guest on my good pal Frank Santopadre's new podcast, discussing the movie musicals of 1980!
Boo to dressing your kids up as things they’ve never heard of for Halloween. Your toddler wants to be a puppy or a princess or something. Let them.
October 31, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Boo to dressing your kids up as things they’ve never heard of for Halloween. Your toddler wants to be a puppy or a princess or something. Let them.
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Rewatched the Werner Herzog NOSFERATU (1979) last night, hadn’t seen it in decades. Man does it hold up. Klaus Kinski’s Dracula is an amazing performance. The movie is visually stunning. Rat content warning: LOTS OF RATS.
October 31, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Rewatched the Werner Herzog NOSFERATU (1979) last night, hadn’t seen it in decades. Man does it hold up. Klaus Kinski’s Dracula is an amazing performance. The movie is visually stunning. Rat content warning: LOTS OF RATS.
Happy Halloween everyone!
October 31, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Happy Halloween everyone!
Rapper's Delight: Halloween Edition
October 29, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Rapper's Delight: Halloween Edition
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Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.
New: The Pentagon confirms to CNN it will funnel $130M from an anonymous Trump “friend” toward military pay.
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Asked about the donor’s identity and any foreign or domestic entanglements, the WH referred questions to DoD. DoD then referred questions back to the WH
www.cnn.com/2025/10/24/p...
Pentagon to use $130 million donation from anonymous Trump ‘friend’ to pay military members | CNN Politics
The Trump administration plans to funnel a $130 million donation from an anonymous ally of President Donald Trump toward paying military service members during the government shutdown, the Defense Dep...
www.cnn.com
October 24, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Hey, just want to mumble that this is wildly illegal and inappropriate and would prompt impeachment proceedings if we still had a functional Congress instead of one run by a blind, deaf and mute Renfeld wannabe.
Well, this is the problem. There are no Republicans with “better angels” left. Everyone who could make a difference is either cowed by Trump, or besotted with how rich he will make them. This is not good.
The Constitution was literally worded to protect against a Presidency like this.
If there are Republicans still listening to their better angels, NOW is when you need to join forces with Democrats and show that you really love your country and your patriotism is not all an act.
If there are Republicans still listening to their better angels, NOW is when you need to join forces with Democrats and show that you really love your country and your patriotism is not all an act.
October 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
Well, this is the problem. There are no Republicans with “better angels” left. Everyone who could make a difference is either cowed by Trump, or besotted with how rich he will make them. This is not good.
This time of year I feel it is important to point out that armadillos are not indigenous to Transylvania.
October 23, 2025 at 4:57 PM
This time of year I feel it is important to point out that armadillos are not indigenous to Transylvania.
I was telling a friend of mine, who has three grown children, about Collegeville and Ben Cooper costumes. She had never heard of them, and that is how I know she was a great mom.
October 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I was telling a friend of mine, who has three grown children, about Collegeville and Ben Cooper costumes. She had never heard of them, and that is how I know she was a great mom.
Tonight! I am so excited because my good friend @wardsutton.bsky.social has created the opening segment of The Simpsons Halloween episode, in the style of his alter ego “Stan Kelly!” Watch it or be labeled a sicko! Tonight at 8 PM on Fox!
October 19, 2025 at 8:01 PM
Tonight! I am so excited because my good friend @wardsutton.bsky.social has created the opening segment of The Simpsons Halloween episode, in the style of his alter ego “Stan Kelly!” Watch it or be labeled a sicko! Tonight at 8 PM on Fox!
It is dawning on me that there is a whole generation of people for whom the most recognizable actor in GHOSTBUSTERS is "Carl Winslow."
October 18, 2025 at 1:26 AM
It is dawning on me that there is a whole generation of people for whom the most recognizable actor in GHOSTBUSTERS is "Carl Winslow."
I could happily live the rest of my life without ever seeing another “sexy Velma”
October 16, 2025 at 11:08 PM
I could happily live the rest of my life without ever seeing another “sexy Velma”
What's for lunch? It's #misspellingmonday
October 6, 2025 at 7:51 PM
What's for lunch? It's #misspellingmonday
My ex-girlfriend told me I had the sex appeal of a movie star. I found out later she meant Armin Mueller-Stahl.
October 5, 2025 at 3:24 PM
My ex-girlfriend told me I had the sex appeal of a movie star. I found out later she meant Armin Mueller-Stahl.