Indianapolis-based artist Brent Aldrich, who works in arts, education and community development, created a special Thanksgiving Day cartoon to inspire us to lean into the things we’re good at.

His art practice includes recreating a full menu from a defunct neighborhood diner, hosting a sci-fi book club and podcast set 900 years in the future, and creating a bicycle-based talk show.

Aldrich is a frequent Mirror Indy illustrator.

Close window

Republish this article

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Our stories may be republished online or in print under Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. We ask that you edit only for style or to shorten, provide proper attribution and link to our website. AP and Getty images may not be republished. Please see our republishing guidelines for use of any other photos and graphics.

Thanksgiving Day cartoon: ‘Not a Chef, an Artist’

by Brent Aldrich, Mirror Indy
November 26, 2024

<h1>Thanksgiving Day cartoon: ‘Not a Chef, an Artist’</h1> <p class="byline">by Brent Aldrich, Mirror Indy <br />November 26, 2024</p> <br /> <figure class="wp-block-audio"><audio controls src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/Not-a-chef-an-artist.wav"></audio><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Brent Aldrich: "Not a Chef, an Artist"</figcaption></figure> <figure class="wp-block-image aligncenter size-large"><img src="https://mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/11/thanksgiving_final_sig-666x1024.jpeg" alt="" class="wp-image-41153" /></figure> <p><em>Indianapolis-based artist <a href="http://brentaldrich.com">Brent Aldrich</a>, who works in arts, education and community development, <em>created a special Thanksgiving Day cartoon to inspire us to lean into the things we’re good at.</em></em> </p> <p><em>His art practice includes recreating a full menu from a defunct neighborhood diner, hosting a sci-fi book club and podcast set 900 years in the future, and creating a bicycle-based talk show. </em></p> <p><em>Aldrich is a frequent Mirror Indy illustrator.</em></p></p> <p>This &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/brent-aldrich-not-a-chef-an-artist-thanksgiving/&quot;&gt;article&lt;/a&gt; first appeared on &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org&quot;&gt;Mirror Indy&lt;/a&gt; and is republished here under a &lt;a target=&quot;_blank&quot; href=&quot;https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/&quot;&gt;Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;img src=&quot;https://i0.wp.com/mirrorindy.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/cropped-Mirror-Indy-square-logo-1.png?resize=150%2C150&amp;amp;ssl=1&quot; style=&quot;width:1em;height:1em;margin-left:10px;&quot;&gt;</p> &lt;img id=&quot;republication-tracker-tool-source&quot; src=&quot;https://mirrorindy.org/?republication-pixel=true&amp;post=41393&amp;amp;ga4=G-X0R0QW371R&quot; style=&quot;width:1px;height:1px;&quot;&gt;&lt;script&gt; PARSELY = { autotrack: false, onload: function() { PARSELY.beacon.trackPageView({ url: &quot;https://mirrorindy.org/brent-aldrich-not-a-chef-an-artist-thanksgiving/&quot;, urlref: window.location.href }); } } &lt;/script&gt; &lt;script id=&quot;parsely-cfg&quot; src=&quot;//cdn.parsely.com/keys/mirrorindy.org/p.js&quot;&gt;&lt;/script&gt;

Copy to Clipboard

1