The Art in Cartooning Signed by Ten Cartoonists

Ten cartoonists signed a single copy of The Art in Cartooning: Seventy-five Years of American Magazine Cartoons, the 1975 collection edited by Edwin Fisher, Mort Gerberg, and Ron Wolin for the Cartoonists Guild. The book was probably signed no later than 1976, but the circumstances are unclear. Was it signed at a book launch? Was it signed in an office where the cartoonists came and went?  It is not dedicated to anyone specifically and it is not signed by the editors.

In general, these cartoonists have group-signed other copies of this book and even added multiple drawings, but this is the only copy of The Art in Cartooning in which I've seen Charles Addams's signature—and I've never seen him leave a sketch in one. With the exception of Marvin Tannenberg, each of the signers was a contributor to The New Yorker. The cover art is The Closed Mind, an "experimental drawing in watercolor and crayon" by Charles Saxon. 

One page, ten signatures:

The Art in Cartooning
Argosy Book Store listing accessed October 3, 2023

https://www.argosybooks.com/pages/books/140755/edwin-fisher-mort-gerberg-ron-wolin/the-art-in-cartooning

Note:  I know exactly what you're thinking. You're thinking that this blog might be a good place to post images of other unique copies of The Art of Cartooning with hard-to-find drawings or signatures. You're thinking you could send me scans of your book and tell me whatever you know about it. You're thinking that would be such a great idea. Let me tell you something: I like your thinking.

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