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Husband and wife cartoonists Liza Donnelly and Michael Maslin animate love, sex, marriage, and divorce in this excerpt from their new book, Cartoon Marriage.
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So What If Sidwell's Elitist?

Liza Donnelly has contributed cartoons to The New Yorker for 20 years. Her new book, A CARTOON MARRIAGE: Adventures in Love and Matrimony, which she created with her husband Michael Maslin, also a longtime New Yorker cartoonist, will be published next month by Random House on Valentine’s Day.







O VALENTINE MINE
She's sweet, she's smart, she's distant,
So how to make her yours?
No formula exists,
Claim vets of courting wars
And yet there is--here's how:
You look in her eyes and state,
"Honey, you really look thin,
And your hair, well it's so great."
This sure-fire formula
Comes with a guarantee
You'll win her hesitant heart
(Though it's never worked for me).
Thank you.
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