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Sage Stossel - Sage Stossel is a contributing editor at The Atlantic and draws the cartoon feature "Sage, Ink." Her children's book, On the Loose in Boston, was published in 2009. More

On Election Day in 1996, TheAtlantic.com launched a weekly editorial cartoon feature drawn by Sage Stossel and named (aptly enough) "Sage, Ink." Since then, Stossel's whimsical work has been featured by the New York Times Week in Review, CNN Headline News, Cartoon Arts International/The New York Times Syndicate, The Boston Globe, Nieman Reports, Editorial Humor, The Provincetown Banner (for which she received a 2009 New England Press Association Award), and elsewhere. Her work has also been included in Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year, (2005, 2006, 2009, and 2010 editions) and Attack of the Political Cartoonists. Her children's book, On the Loose in Boston, was published in June 2009.

Sage Stossel grew up in a suburb of Boston and attended Harvard University, where she majored in English and American Literature and Languages and did a weekly cartoon strip about college life, called "Jody," for the Harvard Crimson. From 2004 to 2007, she served as Books Editor of the Radcliffe Quarterly

After college she took what was intended to be a temporary summer position securing electronic rights to articles from The Atlantic's archive for use online. Intrigued by The Atlantic's rich history and the creative possibilities in helping to launch a digital edition of the magazine on the Web, she soon joined The Atlantic full time. As the site's former executive editor, she was involved in everything from contributing reviews,  author interviews, and illustrations, to hosting message boards and producing a digital edition of The Atlantic for the Web.

Stossel lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

SNL's Charlie Day Episode: 5 Best Scenes

By Sage Stossel
Nov 6 2011, 8:12 AM ET Comment

[Niche favorite, raspy-voiced It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia star Charlie Day finally emerged as a household name this week on SNL. In the monologue, joined by It's Always Sunny... co-star Danny Devito, he sang, played piano and harmonica, and reminisced about his crazy '70s toddlerhood in New York City. Musical guest Maroon 5 performed "Moves Like Jagger" and "Stereo Hearts" (together with Gym Class Heroes' Travie McCoy.)]

Some highlights...

In an all-new Kardashian Event, Kim Kardashian (Nasim Pedrad) & family cope with the pain of divorce. (Abby Elliott and Vanessa Bayer as Kloe and Kourtney, Kristin Wiig and Taran Killam as the Jenners, and Andy Samberg as a moronic Kris Humphries):





Zeus (Jason Sudeikis) convenes an emergency summit on Mt. Olympus to address the Greek economic crisis. (Includes Adam Levine as Yanni the Greek god of music, and Fred Armisen as Klaus the German god of prudence and austerity):





The Kings of Catchphrase Comedy returns. (Seth Meyers is back as "Boston Powers," Charlie Day spoofs Dane Cook, and Adam Levine is attacked by a Hawk.) :





Live from Cee Lo Green's basement: Cee Lo Green—together with dinosaur-suit clad "Mr. Freakasaurus" (Charlie Day), creepy Colonel Sanders lookalike "Colonel Nasty" (Bill Hader), and "a pile of ladies"—helps Abby Elliott and Andy Samberg release their inner freakiness:





Policeman Jason Sudeikis and TV ignoramus Charlie Day investigate a murder at what looks suspiciously like Jerry Seinfeld's apartment:





Also: Rick Perry (Bill Hader) drops by Weekend Update with a Hawaiian hula doll to explain his strange behavior in New Hampshire.

NEXT WEEK: Emma Stone, with musical guest Coldplay.

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