Gersh Kuntzman, editor-in-chief of the Brooklyn Papers, is one cool editor. He hired my friend Roxanna Velandria to do illustrations for his weekly. Last week she did two terrific illos for the the recent HAVE FAITH BROOKLYN issue.

For my article titled: "Looking for Religion: You Better Shop Around," Roxanna created a great picture of a very Park Slope-looking woman filling a shopping cart with churches and synagogues.

For Gersh’s article entitled, "Faithiests," about atheists who go to church, Roxanna created a great illo of a man in a "God is Dead" t-shirt reading Nietzsche in a church pew with devout worshipers all around him. (Above left: that’s the first sketch).

This week she’s created something really cool. And rumor has it that it’s going to be on the COVER of the Brooklyn Papers. I don’t want to ruin it – so just pick it up at Key Food or on the street wrapped in plastic – they’ll be all over the place. Also, read Smartmom – this week she’s got quite an exclusive.

By the way, you can read all of Smartmom’s columns at Brooklynpapers.com – at the top of the page look for Smartmom. Click on that and start reading.