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Hire an ex-New Yorker cartoonist for all your personal needs

i.e. the perfect Valentine's Day gift

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Kaitlin Phillips
Feb 04, 2025
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Years ago, I commissioned a cartoon from Liana Finck for my boyfriend via Instagram. (Not the man who became my husband.) I sent her one of our inside jokes, and she whipped up a cartoon for me. I think for like $250? The joke is too corny for me to spell out here, and my ex has the cartoon anyway, so I can’t show it to you, but the point is: This was a…

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