Cartoonist and illustrator John Colquhoun has come through for us with photographs of his own copy of The Art in Cartooning (1975).
This book was personalized for him by eight top cartoonists at a New York City Barnes & Noble signing, he recollects. Six of these cartoonists we've already seen draw in at least one other copy of this book; they are George Booth, Sam Gross, Paul Peter Porges, Gahan Wilson, Bill Woodman, and Jack Ziegler.The other two cartoonists, Lou Myers and Mike Witte, we have not previously seen draw in copies of this or indeed of any cartoon book. In fact, it seems this New York signing event is new to us, one we haven't encountered with the previous four copies of this book to be noted on the blog, a signing apparently without cartoonists Dana Fradon and Marvin Tannenberg, and without editors Ed Fisher, Mort Gerberg, and Ron Wolin.
Then three cartoonists—Witte, Ziegler, and Booth—pick up the theme of corners. John does not remember who started it, but he knows it was not his own suggestion.
Note: My thanks to John Colquhoun for sharing his wonderful copy of this book.
This is the fifth copy of The Art in Cartooning we have seen signed, inscribed, and sketched in by multiple cartoonists. It is the first evidence we have of a second book signing, one held in New York.
Additional personalized copies of this book are avidly sought here for potential inclusion in future blog posts.
Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:
The Art in Cartooning
George Booth
(Ed Fisher)
(Dana Fradon)
(Mort Gerberg)
Sam Gross
Lou Myers
Charles Saxon (Cover Artist)
(Marvin Tannenberg)
Gahan Wilson
Michael Witte
(Ron Wolin)
Bill Woodman
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| 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 |
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| Paul Peter Porges and Sam Gross Lou Myers and Bill Wooodman |
Four cartoonists draw on the front free endpaper. Porges and Woodman play with other meanings of John's name, Gross plays a cat and mouse game, while Myers plays at sketching, one would guess, the book's recipient.
Then three cartoonists—Witte, Ziegler, and Booth—pick up the theme of corners. John does not remember who started it, but he knows it was not his own suggestion.
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| Mike Witte |
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| Jack Ziegler and George Booth |
Finally, Wilson embellishes the book with a footloose self-portrait, perhaps, popping a soccer ball. All this for just $14.95! Then as now, you have to know where to go.
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| "Oops!" "All best to John Gahan Wilson" |
Note: My thanks to John Colquhoun for sharing his wonderful copy of this book.
This is the fifth copy of The Art in Cartooning we have seen signed, inscribed, and sketched in by multiple cartoonists. It is the first evidence we have of a second book signing, one held in New York.
Additional personalized copies of this book are avidly sought here for potential inclusion in future blog posts.
Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:
The Art in Cartooning
George Booth
(Ed Fisher)
(Dana Fradon)
(Mort Gerberg)
Sam Gross
Lou Myers
Charles Saxon (Cover Artist)
(Marvin Tannenberg)
Gahan Wilson
Michael Witte
(Ron Wolin)
Bill Woodman
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