Times must be tough for David Rees. The author and political cartoonist behind works such as Get Your War On started a second job in summer 2010, selling hand-sharpened writing implements—complete ...

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The event promised a tutorial on pencil-sharpening techniques both novel and advanced, and that’s what the audience got. “This,” said London, pointing at the apron, “says baking cookies.” “It’s my ...

In the barroom outside the shotgun performance hall at Pete's Candy Store, a woman's singing threatened to drown out a free lecture on artisanal pencil sharpening. "They're making an acetate record ...

We forgot to pencil it down in our calendars, so National Pencil Day came and went on March 30 without much fanfare. But David Rees probably celebrated it. The writer and humourist is the author of ...

David Rees, comedian and creator of the much loved Get Your War On cartoons in Rolling Stone, is out with a new book, How to Sharpen Pencils. It is both a manifesto and fully illustrated guide to the ...