Thursday, October 6, 2022

Gahan Wilson: A New Leaf

Cartoons in which expectant fathers were congratulated by hospital staff on the birth of a child have become dated since the days of, say, Charles Addams, who created one of the most famous icons of this genre: "Congratulations! It's a baby" (The New Yorker, November 9, 1940, p. 21). Since the 1970s,  fathers generally have been allowed in the delivery room, making the anxiety-ridden labor and delivery waiting area an obsolete setting. Gahan Wilson ignored this obstacle but showed us a father who is a member, more or less, of the plant kingdom. His cartoon was published in the artist's 1996 collection Even Weirder. The original artwork is currently offered for sale.

"Congratulations, sir—your child has blossomed!"
Gahan Wilson
Original cartoon art
Even Weirder (1996), p. 222

Gahan Wilson
AbeBooks listing accessed September 4, 2022



https://www.google.com/books/edition/Gahan_Wilson_s_Even_Weirder/-btZAwAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=%22Congratulations,+sir%E2%80%94your+child+has+blossomed!%22&pg=PT219&printsec=frontcover


Potential buyers might want to go directly to the bookseller's website, where the drawing is available for $1,000 rather than $1,250.

https://www.charlesagvent.com/pages/books/020887/gahan-wilson/original-cartoon-art-congratulations-sir-your-child-has-blossomed




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