Seth: Wimbledon Green Signed in 2011 with a Sketch

Seth's 2005 book Wimbledon Green is subtitled The Greatest Comic Book Collector in the World. One doesn't have to be be a world-class comics collector to appreciate the book, but certainly an obsessively acquisitive habit of some degree couldn't hurt. Perhaps one of the finest personalized copies of this book out there was sold earlier this year on eBay:

Seth
Wimbledon Green:  The Greatest Comic Book Collector in the World
Montreal:  Drawn and Quarterly, 2005

Signed and inscribed "for Chris/Seth/2011"
with a figure-length drawing of Wimbledon Green

Seth
eBay Listing Retrieved May 9, 2018

https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=m570.l1313&_nkw=Cartoonist+Seth+Signed+with+Sketch%21&_sacat=0&LH_TitleDesc=0&_sop=16&_osacat=0&_odkw=Seth+Wimbledon

Seth
eBay Item Description

Three related eBay listings show Seth's book covers rather than the unique sketches. That simply can't be a good business practice.

Note:  Is it possible for this blog to have too many original drawings by Seth? Send me scans or photographs of what you have and we'll find out.


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Catch That Motor Oil!

Remember those glorious days before truth in advertising? Well, hold tight! An undated French promotional postcard on eBay is remarkable for its unrestrained element of automotive fantasy. The text translates, "A car that uses Essor...the motor oil that lubricates best." I don't see why that woman waiting at the train crossing should desire a potentially dangerous air drop of motor oil, but what do I know? The artist, Léon Pousthomis, was to die in 1916 at the Battle of Verdun, age 35.

Léon Pousthomis
Une auto qui a pris de l'"Essor"
L'Huile d'auto qui graisse le mieux

Léon Pousthomis
eBay Listing Retrieved February 11, 2018

https://www.ebay.fr/itm/Automobile-L-Pousthomis-Huile-lEssor-Boyer-Cavaillon-Vers-1910-/252724107601

Léon Pousthomis
eBay Item Description

Léon Pousthomis
Une auto qui a pris de l'"Essor"
L'Huile d'auto qui graisse le mieux

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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for July/August 2018

Here are my entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for July/August 2018. This contest allows multiple entries—who can resist that?—and offers a chance to try one's hand at some Jewish humor. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz.

"Welcome to the Shul of Rock."
"You know we're forbidden to ham it up."
"What psalm is it you wanna hear?"
"Today I am eliminating the Cantor's Discretionary Fund."
"I'm not used to hearing feedback during my sermon."

September 17, 2018 Update:  The Finalists

October 22, 2018 Update: I voted for the second caption.


November 10, 2018 Update:  Winning Caption

Glossary of Jewish Humor:  A shul is a Yiddish word for a synagogue, from the German shule or school. Rosh Hashanah is the Jewish New Year.

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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #628

Take a long, cold draught of my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #628 for August 27, 2018. The drawing is by Pia Guerra.

"Sex on the Beach, and no wisecracks."

These captions came up empty:

"Make it Ocean Spray."
"I suppose you think it's funny to serve me Goldfish crackers."
"If I wanted bottled water, I'd ask for it."
"There's nothing funny about a Mickey Finn."
"I never pay for water."

September 3, 2018 Update:  The Finalists

September 10, 2018 Update: I voted for the first caption.


September 17, 2018 Update: Winning Caption

Note:  Last week cartoonist P.C. Vey went way out on a limb—or was it a ledge? My caption wasn't grounded. See Contest #627 and find out what happens when you say you don't care where they seat you.

Let's all toast Pia Guerra in the blog archives.

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Back to Schule

It's that time of year again. At the blackboard, Oskar Schlemmer's slender, young schoolteacher demonstrates the x-, y-, and z-axes as she stands before rows of abstract student's heads.

Oskar Schlemmer
Schule, 1928

Oskar Schlemmer
Christie's London, February 27, 2018

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/oskar-schlemmer-schule-6127529-details.aspx?from=searchresults&intObjectID=6127529&sid=db98c6d9-c166-4f4a-b8cc-026543cf84d5

Oskar Schlemmer
Schule, 1928

Note: Attempted Bloggery supports higher education. After seven years, this blog still looks forward to the day when its contents will be cited in college syllabi and textbooks, Heck, I'd be happy to be referenced just once on Wikipedia!


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John Held, Jr.: So This is College

John Held, Jr., created lively illustrations for MGM's 1929 musical "So This is College." His work, extremely popular in the 1920s, appeared on lobby cards, movie posters, and sheet music promoting the movie. Doesn't college look like the bee's knees!

John Held, Jr.
"So This is College"
Lobby Card, MGM, 1929

https://movieposters.ha.com/itm/movie-posters/musical/so-this-is-college-mgm-1929-title-lobby-card-11-x-14-john-held-jr-artwork/a/7167-86947.s?ic3=ViewItem-Auction-Archive-BrowseWantlistMatches-080917#

More lobby cards from the movie contain a border detail of Held's poster art:

http://www.jazzage1920s.com/cliffedwards/movies/moviememorabilia2.php

http://www.jazzage1920s.com/cliffedwards/movies/moviememorabilia.php

The movie posters:

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/39125090492825481/?lp=true

John Held, Jr.
"So This is College"
Poster, MGM, 1929

https://goo.gl/images/7SCPjF

Held drew at least two quartets for posters and sheet music.

John Held, Jr.
"So This is College"
Local Movie Poster, MGM, 1929

1st Dibs

https://www.1stdibs.com/furniture/wall-decorations/posters/so-this-college-original-us-movie-poster/id-f_9170341/

John Held, Jr.
"So This is College"
Sheet Music to "I Don't Want Your Kisses"
Music by Martin Broones
Lyrics by Fred Fisher
MGM, 1929

The Jumping Frog

http://www.thejumpingfrog.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=1385022

In one scene from the movie, Stella Star sings and dances the original song "Campus Capers." Cliff Edwards accompanies her and demonstrates why he was known as "Ukulele Ike" in vaudeville. He was later to be the voice of Jiminy Cricket in Walt Disney's "Pinocchio," singing the classic "When You Wish Upon a Star."

"Campus Capers"

Music by Martin Broones

Lyrics by Charlotte Greenwood

Performed by Sally Starr and Cliff Edwards (a.k.a. "Ukulele Ike")

"So This is College" (MGM, 1929)

John Held, Jr.
"So This is College"
Lobby Card, MGM, 1929

Note: As should be clear, Attempted Bloggery applauds higher education.


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Gaston Lachaise: Two Nudes

Two Nudes by Gaston Lachaise:  because you can never have enough nudes.

Gaston Lachaise
Two Nudes, c. 1930

Gaston Lachaise
Christie's

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=6122143&lid=1&From=salesummery&sid=beb2a659-b836-41e3-af45-60484c792804

Note:  Attempted Bloggery has been clothing-optional all week. After Labor Day, we'll go back to the usual dinner jackets and all.


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Heinrich Kley: How to Feed Your Dragon

There is a long tradition in fantasy art of pairing female nudes with dragons and other mythical beasts. Alternatively, Heinrich Kley chooses to pair his dragon with a corpulent nude man, but when it comes to feeding time, that shouldn't impose any particular impediments.

Heinrich Kley

Der Futterkorb [The Feedbasket]

Heinrich Kley

Der Futterkorb [The Feedbasket]

Retrieved August 5, 2013.

The price has since been reduced to $3,800.

https://www.tarabaillustrationart.com/illustration-art/73-heinrich-kley

Note:  Our clothing-optional days here at Attempted Bloggery are drawing to a close. 


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A Josef Achmann Bather

A woodcut by German expressionist Josef Achmann depicts a nude bather standing in a brook or river. The technique is bold and the composition is visually-interesting throughout. The Nazis considered modernist art to be degenerate and they did not permit the public exhibition of Achmann's work once they consolidated power in 1935. Achmann's work was not included in the Nazi's exhibition of Degenerate Art in 1937.

Josef Achmann
eBay Listing Ended August 18, 2017

http://www.ebay.com/itm/German-Expressionist-Woodcut-JOSEF-ACHMANN-039-Nude-Bathing-039-12-034-x-8-75-034-/182716312079?ul_noapp=true&autorefresh=true&nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Josef Achmann
eBay Item Description

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