Mary Ellen's Copy of The Art in Cartooning

Mary Ellen must have said she liked trains. Four cartoonists who made original sketches in her copy of The Art in Cartooning (1975) managed to stick to the subject, while another four did not. Either way, Mary Ellen came out a winner.

The Closed Mind
Charles Saxon
The Art in Cartooning:  Seventy-five Years of American Magazine Cartoons
The Cartoonists Guild, New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1975

Mort Gerberg, "Choo Choo Mary Ellen!/Mort Gerberg/ 3/76"
Sam Gross, "Holy cow I didn't know they ran trains anymore/S. Gross/(Keep up the good work Mary Ellen)"
Marvin Tannenberg, "Mary Ellen/Keep on Trackin'/Best/Tannenberg"
Dana Fradon, "Hi, Tina!" "Hi, Mary Ellen!"
Bill Woodman, "Best to Mary Ellen from Bill Woodman"
Jack Ziegler, "Toot Toot"

"I'm far from done, you fool!"
Gahan Wilson

A Very Happy Dog.
George Booth
March '76

A Very Happy Dog.
George Booth
March '76

AbeBooks Listing Retrieved October 5, 2018

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=21285015422&searchurl=kn%3DThe%2BArt%2Bin%2BCartooning%26sortby%3D1&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-title13

July 9, 2020 Update:  The seller has lowered the price twenty percent to $960.

Note:  This is the second copy of The Art in Cartooning signed (and sketched upon) by these eight cartoonists to appear on this blog. The first copy, dedicated to one Charles, may be seen here. I would like to hear from anyone with information about the March 1976 signing. I'd also love to show other unique copies of this book, one of several landmark cartoon books issued in 1975.


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George Booth

Dana Fradon

Mort Gerberg

Sam Gross

Charles Saxon

Marvin Tannenberg

Gahan Wilson

Bill Woodman 

Jack Ziegler

Signed Books with Original Drawings

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