Lunch at the Overlook Lounge

June 14, 2007: Five cartoonists at the Overlook Lounge: Mike Lynch, Bob Weber, V.G. Meyers, Sam Gross, Roy Delgado. Good to see Roy. I hadn't seen him since October 19, 2006.

Between us, we cover markets like PLAYBOY, READER'S DIGEST, NEW YORKER, WALL STREET JOURNAL, HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW, and many others.

By the way, Bob Weber's the guy behind King Features' MOOSE & MOLLY strip, and he's also a great gag cartoonist. I clarify WHICH Bob this is because there are three Bob Webers who are cartoonists: there's Bob Sr., pictured above; Bob's son who is also named Bob (he draws SLYLOCK FOX); and Bob Weber (no relation to the other two) who's a NEW YORKER gag cartoonist.

We talked about the NEW YORKER, and other markets. And we laughed and complained and told stories about the business. Cartoonists coming to this bar is something that has been going on for generations. Used to be that both King Features and the Daily News were within blocks of the Overlook.

The Overlook Lounge is the place where there's a big ol' cartoon mural. Definitely worth a visit.

Actually, there's 2 cartoon murals. One was drawn during the 1970s. And then there's another one that was put up on November 20, 2005.


Here is most of it, in a "before" photo of the 2005 mural area, with then-server Caroline proffered for scale. Today, we sat at a table where she's standing.


The Overlook used to be called Costello's. Above is an ad from the early 1980s with a photo of the old mural. The bit on the right was, unfortunately, destroyed.