Saturday, August 9, 2025

Donald Reilly: Life Can Be Good

In an original New Yorker cartoon from the summer of 1978, Donald Reilly's boater muses on how "Life can be good . . ."
"Life can be good, I've found. It all depends on the product,
the media mix, and the demographics."

Donald Reilly
Framed original art
The New Yorker, August 21, 1978, p. 27


It's a very breezy, loose drawing.




Donald Reilly's signature

The handwritten caption



Hmm. Is the mite included for scale?










Donald Reilly
eBay listing ended May 23, 2025





The eBay seller may have misspelled the name of this piece's original owner. It seems to have come from the collection of American expressionist painter Harry Shoulberg (1903-1995).

Donald Reily
eBay item description



[End of eBay listing]






"Life can be good, I've found. It all depends on the product,
the media mix, and the demographics."

Donald Reilly
The New Yorker, August 21, 1978, p. 27

"Life can be good, I've found. It all depends on the product,
the media mix, and the demographics."

Donald Reilly
Framed original art
The New Yorker, August 21, 1978, p. 27


With drawings by Dana Fradon and Donald Reilly






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The clever cartoon on the page opposite is by Dana Fradon.
"Do you know what your problem is? You can only
move one square at a time."
Dana Fradon
The New Yorker, August 21, 1978, p. 26











Checkmate!











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