tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87472269415608813922024-03-18T00:01:32.340-04:00Attempted BloggeryI laughed at the Lorax, "You poor stupid guy!
You never can tell what some people will buy."
--Dr. Seussdocnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.comBlogger4605125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-67222696676550187722024-03-18T00:01:00.029-04:002024-03-18T00:01:00.246-04:00My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #889<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two salmon board Noah's Ark in </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">The New Yorker </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cartoon Caption Contest #889 from the issue of March 18, 2024. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>My caption is shown below. The drawing is by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Mads Horwath</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span><span><span style="background-color: black;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYw8lxcYjldbGBx6zZOEU9NHPoGHpbmv234ACY3qK8BBPguyb4UWg5-LH3Q351VzJ5R8FbeWBz1vcTlwjdWLVbmej_PlEhKPkqHZeEP8-S6PX0Fjh0bMp0Auc1lX75u7Ffii0m51fzyRlP-tBrH57XwAHHwIIttI4P7FjW9nuxIsBJ8otz5Ai6Of4IcMo/s1160/240318_a27109_889.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="854" data-original-width="1160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYw8lxcYjldbGBx6zZOEU9NHPoGHpbmv234ACY3qK8BBPguyb4UWg5-LH3Q351VzJ5R8FbeWBz1vcTlwjdWLVbmej_PlEhKPkqHZeEP8-S6PX0Fjh0bMp0Auc1lX75u7Ffii0m51fzyRlP-tBrH57XwAHHwIIttI4P7FjW9nuxIsBJ8otz5Ai6Of4IcMo/s16000/240318_a27109_889.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"We're just going upstream."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04605</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-69593627147023675512024-03-17T17:01:00.001-04:002024-03-17T17:32:56.834-04:00Heinrich Kley: The Towers of Munich Frauenkirche<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">An original watercolor by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Heinrich Kley (1863-1945?)</span> depicts the towers of the Munich Frauenkirche. The German seller of this piece, Kunkel Fine Art, dates the work to 1910.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6ESuF4_TtJlYopUwpLe5ShIcZc1h065J3NbBSstlT2EwYHafkiwIijGWTmsA7uPIaJMpEi-S3keMANdGlEkgy3wePssYKVBQXbVcRqpX9OJwOyJ6n5AeqQF6DJOaHMVo8_QjNLIBZWSlnBDS2BKVtcykRBh4S3mXbNtzSvV7w80vqznWr4K9zRDi804/s1500/30545601073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6ESuF4_TtJlYopUwpLe5ShIcZc1h065J3NbBSstlT2EwYHafkiwIijGWTmsA7uPIaJMpEi-S3keMANdGlEkgy3wePssYKVBQXbVcRqpX9OJwOyJ6n5AeqQF6DJOaHMVo8_QjNLIBZWSlnBDS2BKVtcykRBh4S3mXbNtzSvV7w80vqznWr4K9zRDi804/s16000/30545601073.jpg" /></a></div><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKilkgRt1NaV0VyxyOQyE9k9dlz_FZZQwBw5HQVSLZ46uhx2er2Jquq4g3pp9jqRtqURHNmT0ntXIHsWPuk8pKAkLL2zecUrlWLjcIEpnd7dQvDATq5l-OAVcWO-jXkfwUknuDi6e82cLhVyELcNY35lubu6Kiplgy4hBpaQATQ5Zb2Hupz2dXMCE1Lzo/s2686/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%204.46.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1862" data-original-width="2686" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKilkgRt1NaV0VyxyOQyE9k9dlz_FZZQwBw5HQVSLZ46uhx2er2Jquq4g3pp9jqRtqURHNmT0ntXIHsWPuk8pKAkLL2zecUrlWLjcIEpnd7dQvDATq5l-OAVcWO-jXkfwUknuDi6e82cLhVyELcNY35lubu6Kiplgy4hBpaQATQ5Zb2Hupz2dXMCE1Lzo/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%204.46.39%E2%80%AFPM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Heinrich Kley<br />AbeBooks listing accessed March 17, 2024</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30545601073&searchurl=kn%3DHeinrich%2BKley%26sortby%3D1&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image2"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30545601073&searchurl=kn%3DHeinrich%2BKley%26sortby%3D1&cm_sp=snippet-_-srp1-_-image2</span></a></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx68ovsLYCA02SUPPUDdLZyuwt5V31Koc3UNOymw8qztVqn6xUsq3kiT3FPrZ8TXwo111qmpo_7YVN8W5hFNRnTLqdbz41YsGt2QApQgTh0_j1exk5U_crmUMO86-GLebiIh-xBNFsyQFEUevTXfK-dXZJC7pSHO8WQCbKKfx-GEzJF73CEiqYkOBDCDI/s2010/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%204.48.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="2010" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx68ovsLYCA02SUPPUDdLZyuwt5V31Koc3UNOymw8qztVqn6xUsq3kiT3FPrZ8TXwo111qmpo_7YVN8W5hFNRnTLqdbz41YsGt2QApQgTh0_j1exk5U_crmUMO86-GLebiIh-xBNFsyQFEUevTXfK-dXZJC7pSHO8WQCbKKfx-GEzJF73CEiqYkOBDCDI/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%204.48.26%E2%80%AFPM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">English translation</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwSJbs1qAuslThs0Wi2JGkSTEyqNev0-Ilgjt9XJFdjHJGAf4t7B5o3p1Ua-qwZI7qwcqdq1pWv3WMJ680L2S2oT-r3NVG4-yBSYHLyRr1mIr5Ag1bhk4IR0A1IAtpHI0xUiviNXp9rn8BX9mH920CjOfDPbH8hQex9oH7cl3C2YNdnpXC7AsbEE0d-A/s622/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%204.47.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="76" data-original-width="622" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnwSJbs1qAuslThs0Wi2JGkSTEyqNev0-Ilgjt9XJFdjHJGAf4t7B5o3p1Ua-qwZI7qwcqdq1pWv3WMJ680L2S2oT-r3NVG4-yBSYHLyRr1mIr5Ag1bhk4IR0A1IAtpHI0xUiviNXp9rn8BX9mH920CjOfDPbH8hQex9oH7cl3C2YNdnpXC7AsbEE0d-A/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-17%20at%204.47.15%E2%80%AFPM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Price in Euros</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There's a more contemporary view of the church posted on Wikipedia. The photograph was taken in 2006 by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">David Iliff</span> from the Peterskirche tower, no doubt Kley's own vantage point.</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEVf9NP5kr15dTahHXGi5pRv2phQ8XUsPGpQe3z03MJS6FVNdh_lk5RFi7bfa1NwX0POFDP1ZKpylaqUZ8a7X_90CPGjQtClwngVQXliV2-OPv1ZeC7AZeWjDltZ2pc7w7-jrPh985WUJdwblAJOUh1qbWkS5AoOXLfFs0WpE-Q55iCYbigXy1VDmxvQ/s2880/Frauenkirche_Munich_-_View_from_Peterskirche_Tower2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1796" data-original-width="2880" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinEVf9NP5kr15dTahHXGi5pRv2phQ8XUsPGpQe3z03MJS6FVNdh_lk5RFi7bfa1NwX0POFDP1ZKpylaqUZ8a7X_90CPGjQtClwngVQXliV2-OPv1ZeC7AZeWjDltZ2pc7w7-jrPh985WUJdwblAJOUh1qbWkS5AoOXLfFs0WpE-Q55iCYbigXy1VDmxvQ/s16000/Frauenkirche_Munich_-_View_from_Peterskirche_Tower2.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: sans-serif; text-align: start;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-size: x-small;">Photo by David Iliff. License: CC BY-SA 3.0</span></span><span style="background-color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Munich#/media/File:Frauenkirche_Munich_-_View_from_Peterskirche_Tower2.jpg"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frauenkirche,_Munich#/media/File:Frauenkirche_Munich_-_View_from_Peterskirche_Tower2.jpg</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hJiujoUdlFXd0n-kSQok2__UnGOCs9RDLUdj3wRPQpdi0kzWZOJXR3lFtXJTSROuu5XYm4jAfSsNMpbHox46JY05WRAmudaiSOfYNMJZbFXcENad_mePDYsV5b3GvMvtA6EWNtMs8-g3_YT9MUoe8KAcF4Z13hCzKezbUxM3AXE7F509fGrrAg0zhM4/s1500/30545601073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1500" data-original-width="1112" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5hJiujoUdlFXd0n-kSQok2__UnGOCs9RDLUdj3wRPQpdi0kzWZOJXR3lFtXJTSROuu5XYm4jAfSsNMpbHox46JY05WRAmudaiSOfYNMJZbFXcENad_mePDYsV5b3GvMvtA6EWNtMs8-g3_YT9MUoe8KAcF4Z13hCzKezbUxM3AXE7F509fGrrAg0zhM4/s16000/30545601073.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04604</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-5090895294225491292024-03-11T00:01:00.005-04:002024-03-11T00:01:00.130-04:00My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #888<div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A cactus suddenly sheds its needles in </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">The New Yorker </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cartoon Caption Contest #888 from the issue of March 11, 2024. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>My caption is shown below. The drawing is by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Christopher Weyant</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span><span><span style="background-color: black;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyp_iBGoEZtJEu8s-GqRNRqlQvIaTS4a_FLy_lN87ArTfQwDGvYKiQuWapOPIiIaz50JSx9lyLzu4XwrNV50SIVdEGFqGMzIf5NJB2nGOj18mBH3Gj0CM9zOP73SnYU1qAKUYwUQozJ7W_vfECI68yDbZ435Qm_ZiYSAnteYWK8J3MsyjMlEbRL_dT8g/s1160/240311_a27652_888.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyp_iBGoEZtJEu8s-GqRNRqlQvIaTS4a_FLy_lN87ArTfQwDGvYKiQuWapOPIiIaz50JSx9lyLzu4XwrNV50SIVdEGFqGMzIf5NJB2nGOj18mBH3Gj0CM9zOP73SnYU1qAKUYwUQozJ7W_vfECI68yDbZ435Qm_ZiYSAnteYWK8J3MsyjMlEbRL_dT8g/s16000/240311_a27652_888.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Is it allergies?"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These captions didn't hold water:</span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyp_iBGoEZtJEu8s-GqRNRqlQvIaTS4a_FLy_lN87ArTfQwDGvYKiQuWapOPIiIaz50JSx9lyLzu4XwrNV50SIVdEGFqGMzIf5NJB2nGOj18mBH3Gj0CM9zOP73SnYU1qAKUYwUQozJ7W_vfECI68yDbZ435Qm_ZiYSAnteYWK8J3MsyjMlEbRL_dT8g/s1160/240311_a27652_888.webp" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1097" data-original-width="1160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyp_iBGoEZtJEu8s-GqRNRqlQvIaTS4a_FLy_lN87ArTfQwDGvYKiQuWapOPIiIaz50JSx9lyLzu4XwrNV50SIVdEGFqGMzIf5NJB2nGOj18mBH3Gj0CM9zOP73SnYU1qAKUYwUQozJ7W_vfECI68yDbZ435Qm_ZiYSAnteYWK8J3MsyjMlEbRL_dT8g/s16000/240311_a27652_888.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Have you tried multivitamins?"<br />"Are you drinking enough water?"<br />"Gesundheit."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: right;">04603</div></span>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-4945339863918973012024-03-09T00:01:00.000-05:002024-03-09T00:01:00.125-05:00William Steig: The Welton's Restaurant Menu and Wine List<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The menu and wine list covers, front and back, for Welton's Restaurant of Worcester, Massachusetts, circa 1947, are designed by none other than cartoonist <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">William Steig.</span> Such a menu would no doubt be hard if not impossible to find today. Nevertheless, a giclee print reproduction can readily be had for $25 from Vintage Menu Art.</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRM2fCrrI_D-bupyzzPJ5A7HhK5Zr4fIMj8x-CYyJuC_NZUZ14LXmyHxgvh8ePe8JmyZExbh2vJhKlV9JIrb_N6v16vXF1aBCJo-IAjegFgFQYvGBWtPz9pEBp8NR24UBHZzjC7Ea0bPYzxtFvhnNmAT-dEaqJ5_VA7oM-6uL3DxWM-vqsRyb2Xwiv9s/s966/WELTONSWEB_740x.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPRM2fCrrI_D-bupyzzPJ5A7HhK5Zr4fIMj8x-CYyJuC_NZUZ14LXmyHxgvh8ePe8JmyZExbh2vJhKlV9JIrb_N6v16vXF1aBCJo-IAjegFgFQYvGBWtPz9pEBp8NR24UBHZzjC7Ea0bPYzxtFvhnNmAT-dEaqJ5_VA7oM-6uL3DxWM-vqsRyb2Xwiv9s/s16000/WELTONSWEB_740x.webp" /></span></a></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLw_xu3dVQcXXz9NTr5LOV2AQF1iV_BW-4JQmqLcT_Vli9mIWLxbsgwc58QrtvsoXJq2h-zbJCNMpqXZrNi-hUzWgc5FYwy2CEi0igrHGfIyZuIir9zSyhmTe_C8NJDoYIsLf75nQU9LB2RgEuWW-ahCc1isQ_Rv-9TIOyfh2Hj0qaOUEDkuDaWbfW6U/s970/WELTONSREARWEB_740x.webp" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="970" data-original-width="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikLw_xu3dVQcXXz9NTr5LOV2AQF1iV_BW-4JQmqLcT_Vli9mIWLxbsgwc58QrtvsoXJq2h-zbJCNMpqXZrNi-hUzWgc5FYwy2CEi0igrHGfIyZuIir9zSyhmTe_C8NJDoYIsLf75nQU9LB2RgEuWW-ahCc1isQ_Rv-9TIOyfh2Hj0qaOUEDkuDaWbfW6U/s16000/WELTONSREARWEB_740x.webp" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">The patrons shown are exclusively balding white men in business or formal attire. The "menu and wine list," at least on the two pages of it we are given, show no food and not all that much wine. The imported</span><span style="font-size: large;"> Bénédictine </span><span style="font-size: large;">pony is 75¢, but the domestic is a bargain at just 45¢. The cognac, at 75¢, is also marked imported to explain the expense; of course, all cognac is imported.</span></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQY2gHc7D5idy5O34j8K2f30eH81Rm4uPhoAgZQ5FAYbcs3k6vbTedbSRTtPKJ8bSMVXqKCaSUYMOfNMFAMBEqaUXFY7_VgjCbZPLoy9fVnW_JEwAtFEAgPsVwZnxQsShmeEBvVIu2AdsfRwchl3DZ2v5sAORxgBdySXb9SlHKYXEMprlPhsoXVaRnIN8/s740/WELTONSMENUWEB_740x.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="537" data-original-width="740" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQY2gHc7D5idy5O34j8K2f30eH81Rm4uPhoAgZQ5FAYbcs3k6vbTedbSRTtPKJ8bSMVXqKCaSUYMOfNMFAMBEqaUXFY7_VgjCbZPLoy9fVnW_JEwAtFEAgPsVwZnxQsShmeEBvVIu2AdsfRwchl3DZ2v5sAORxgBdySXb9SlHKYXEMprlPhsoXVaRnIN8/s16000/WELTONSMENUWEB_740x.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"No extra charge for ginger ale or soda highballs.<br />Coca Cola 5¢ extra."</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBnTPb4PAdlaNHoNbHm_BRT3EqEfNNVKsTAV-IAo1NEwDbhrWtpujvBrCvYVAH7gtpQ3F31NLkvNNYvPlhvra3478yDJhwtQKkxKJsDiG5SNJs0kK1ejy5PtzJOJFazIujIIPXB5JgyBf8zGr8TEFB1nQbSRwrbvAvsW6RHAfMlSRBI-NEWIsX6x8anI/s2150/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.34.39%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1490" data-original-width="2150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTBnTPb4PAdlaNHoNbHm_BRT3EqEfNNVKsTAV-IAo1NEwDbhrWtpujvBrCvYVAH7gtpQ3F31NLkvNNYvPlhvra3478yDJhwtQKkxKJsDiG5SNJs0kK1ejy5PtzJOJFazIujIIPXB5JgyBf8zGr8TEFB1nQbSRwrbvAvsW6RHAfMlSRBI-NEWIsX6x8anI/s16000/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.34.39%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #202122;">William Steig</span><br /><span style="color: #202122;">Website accessed January 20, 2024</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://vintagemenuart.com/products/weltons-worcester-ma-1947-william-steig-menu-art" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff; font-size: xx-small;">https://vintagemenuart.com/products/weltons-worcester-ma-1947-william-steig-menu-art</span></a></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ2eW8tBbCQqtO5zJr2v3NKFsuczchpjrXYS-p6OkAhB6eua93LG-PuR6FQsstQNgvCPzxS9Vxz7VbLn3FsVgw02tN805XegV7SN1rhucMemfjvEuLx9bMFOlNozrBt0yh_Um7Xbho09BzouHBbbV5P5rrqLPXsvG9oDASJCkPKGIrT1Bz2cQKacrSCg/s2152/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.34.54%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1064" data-original-width="2152" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCQ2eW8tBbCQqtO5zJr2v3NKFsuczchpjrXYS-p6OkAhB6eua93LG-PuR6FQsstQNgvCPzxS9Vxz7VbLn3FsVgw02tN805XegV7SN1rhucMemfjvEuLx9bMFOlNozrBt0yh_Um7Xbho09BzouHBbbV5P5rrqLPXsvG9oDASJCkPKGIrT1Bz2cQKacrSCg/s16000/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.34.54%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #202122; font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Steig<br />Item description</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04602</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-90500708964546258412024-03-08T00:01:00.054-05:002024-03-16T11:38:52.283-04:00MDLinx Comic Consult #17<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The MDLinx Comic Consult is a caption contest open only to physicians with a funny bone and an NPI number. Prizes are a $100 Amazon gift card for first place, and $50 gift cards for up to four runners up. I've won three $50 gift cards for contests #12, #13, and #14, so I am eager to see if I now can get back in the game. In contest #17, we find a witch in a hospital bed with a staffer and some others in attendance. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Five entries are permitted; you know I wouldn't submit fewer. The MDLinx cartoon, as usual, is by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Jonny Hawkins.</span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAtwZ7_nUt-WL6A1AzjBda3JCDOipy7zd93v0fvZ_DyjIpyS6XiqMPejUnffG0dWyNjFwOGUj5KLhMuNawBTWyVdSFKtaQUonVJlmOoiToC3aCvMCmJSlTrlfu2mGUpB9PmotrOASITbPNY0M0DyXSS-mbF48M_Ld-2-DI7miDkaNLC5OWFPuPghgbsg/s1800/-17_10_Witch_blank.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1762" data-original-width="1800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaAtwZ7_nUt-WL6A1AzjBda3JCDOipy7zd93v0fvZ_DyjIpyS6XiqMPejUnffG0dWyNjFwOGUj5KLhMuNawBTWyVdSFKtaQUonVJlmOoiToC3aCvMCmJSlTrlfu2mGUpB9PmotrOASITbPNY0M0DyXSS-mbF48M_Ld-2-DI7miDkaNLC5OWFPuPghgbsg/s16000/-17_10_Witch_blank.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"I'm sure I just sent in a team of specialists."<br />"Visiting hours are over."<br />"I thought the medical students were taller."<br />"Well, they don't look familiar to me."<br />"Our treatments are all-natural."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b>March 16, 2024 Update:</b></span> The Winner</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04601</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-23064299393902005352024-03-07T01:01:00.126-05:002024-03-07T02:24:23.867-05:00Blog Post No. 4600: Anatol Kovarsky's A Midsummer Night's Dream Scarf for Richard A. Farrar<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"></span></div></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: medium;">All the world’s a stage,</span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;">And all the men and women merely players;<br />They have their exits and their entrances;<br />And one man in his time plays many parts,<br />His acts being seven ages. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: medium;"><i>As You Like It</i></span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">These, of course, are the opening lines of a famous Shakespeare soliloquy spoken by the character Jacques. Those words run frieze-like around the border of today's subject, a Shakespeare-themed scarf that was designed by <i>New Yorker</i> cartoonist <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Anatol Kovarsky (1919-2016)</span> and produced by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Richard A Farrar</span> in the 1940s or, more likely, the 1950s. The scarf depicts scenes from <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> and so bears the play's title on the central pediment. Nevertheless, the "All the world's a stage" lines properly belong to <i>As You Like It.</i></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38N5vfmpMmVEkn1E95OEtKX1l1BXEBJtVCeNMd-MjLRMxuQJyK50hvrmgMCJZo6Dacbpaactjl5BWcHRdUbHkVcsKOdWhI88fdJ2FlBJQ0mluv9FW6WGuVm_NGpARpi7IqeQk5Qj6yPAmxm8wa6HVP1WXsl2Ytqhqua798x0A75CbK5WRQmrtYhSaEsg/s16000/IMG_5594.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Wendy Powers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh38N5vfmpMmVEkn1E95OEtKX1l1BXEBJtVCeNMd-MjLRMxuQJyK50hvrmgMCJZo6Dacbpaactjl5BWcHRdUbHkVcsKOdWhI88fdJ2FlBJQ0mluv9FW6WGuVm_NGpARpi7IqeQk5Qj6yPAmxm8wa6HVP1WXsl2Ytqhqua798x0A75CbK5WRQmrtYhSaEsg/s640/IMG_5594.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">An entire line of Farrar's scarves were designed by <i>New Yorker </i></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">artists. <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Charles Addams, Sam Cobean, Helen E. Hokinson, Anatol Kovarsky, Mischa Richter, Otto Soglow, William Steig,</span> and <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">James Thurber</span> were</span><span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> all recruited for the project. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">Kovarsky himself created no fewer than three scarf designs in this series. Here he evocatively captures the mood of Shakespear's <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream.</i> Kovarsky proves himself the perfect choice to illustrate the classical Athenian setting. We experience music, romance, and fairy magic. The play's three couples are shown framed by the atlantes columns. We also get a parade of energetic goings-on in the dark. Incidentally, Bottom can be seen wearing the donkey's head at center left. Snout the tinker is dressed as a wall at center right.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00Gi0KIZTZxVcSL8R33SsFIWolATBS_o1aFes_xobRg2mneQXN6vs_f3tiPVYd73n5be0ovRrXjx-hVNZk_TaIJPvNZF8D_tGGJ0sPmU5RasZmXLU2xMQX92M1FUiD9wYv3u34IvxESawEqdunBbDRtLf49KaCFNhBjTXWcAQHuBOJiM9R0zqWCzsoko/s640/IMG_5595.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj00Gi0KIZTZxVcSL8R33SsFIWolATBS_o1aFes_xobRg2mneQXN6vs_f3tiPVYd73n5be0ovRrXjx-hVNZk_TaIJPvNZF8D_tGGJ0sPmU5RasZmXLU2xMQX92M1FUiD9wYv3u34IvxESawEqdunBbDRtLf49KaCFNhBjTXWcAQHuBOJiM9R0zqWCzsoko/s16000/IMG_5595.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Wendy Powers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The scarf was printed in at least two color schemes. The first is blue and red (plus black and white). </span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTYaQ3YUcB_-gS_RrlR_FowqAJJhKIK91n9RdK7jgaqJnbPaC4FPb8CUzvpG3RbjV3xPrlLWiPAIDEVXPcMjolYO32CEuCZYA8Jf6d7m5AT7ekHcy_44MFuxjqw4aoTFoHR_M-wZ0SHm7TRguKaWwfWS9O4WeY3XlB6jkFg5LpGRY9ZSioTv4rkgibIg/s640/IMG_5596.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSTYaQ3YUcB_-gS_RrlR_FowqAJJhKIK91n9RdK7jgaqJnbPaC4FPb8CUzvpG3RbjV3xPrlLWiPAIDEVXPcMjolYO32CEuCZYA8Jf6d7m5AT7ekHcy_44MFuxjqw4aoTFoHR_M-wZ0SHm7TRguKaWwfWS9O4WeY3XlB6jkFg5LpGRY9ZSioTv4rkgibIg/s16000/IMG_5596.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Wendy Powers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The reverse:</span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2IKoxsAzhbOLTHaIGbgt2i-ExeQ7NybkYjtz1tET72pLcnbqVC9PDUDSvxGxFaAT_k_7nnm3lvhJ5Ab5EzKs5MmGHNK1UZ2CLz3tLVZr-ZcJj4NPHHU6IaWKhV5CbVhOMcHsXkV2ZWnv2uON-zVr77LPi_HFFOy9moELKS-eUoeqQwdJgmEZvsCbajs/s640/IMG_5597.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2IKoxsAzhbOLTHaIGbgt2i-ExeQ7NybkYjtz1tET72pLcnbqVC9PDUDSvxGxFaAT_k_7nnm3lvhJ5Ab5EzKs5MmGHNK1UZ2CLz3tLVZr-ZcJj4NPHHU6IaWKhV5CbVhOMcHsXkV2ZWnv2uON-zVr77LPi_HFFOy9moELKS-eUoeqQwdJgmEZvsCbajs/s16000/IMG_5597.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Wendy Powers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br />Strictly speaking, the yardstick belongs to <i>Measure for Measure.</i></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: right;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kBthh5oLQ4wtOlJ4QG5iv2ClyPZrqkn7WcMFBMTMNl09QASck9GcEqj0lr35d_yftrOFO0Y91OWaraDWzsx-A5BhPul8QK-4pDdk2kpqbVsBeSpOWXJwks7WbCuHksOeTDoUAQcoyw2nkhNc6pez-FL-kznj8AuJIJnmFAwWp5BRsSHtx-31Z26QiMw/s640/IMG_5598.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_kBthh5oLQ4wtOlJ4QG5iv2ClyPZrqkn7WcMFBMTMNl09QASck9GcEqj0lr35d_yftrOFO0Y91OWaraDWzsx-A5BhPul8QK-4pDdk2kpqbVsBeSpOWXJwks7WbCuHksOeTDoUAQcoyw2nkhNc6pez-FL-kznj8AuJIJnmFAwWp5BRsSHtx-31Z26QiMw/s16000/IMG_5598.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-small;">Photo by Wendy Powers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The other known color scheme for the <i>A Midsummer Night's Dream</i> scarf is green and brown, again on black and white.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CrJ9S4jRzAvIM9fW3lDs38nqbnUkl2JnKgr6qwnBAXH1P0OeMFQw_iIpcqrkh_ETnkT7Sx0pYB5WVnyZhSiOTjxgP0DrJk_OnMy5k56LVFFAbz48xNDWDyJh3ja-5HiyMiXvoRhenBC21RSy-Bi3dc47sl1twZybPGuq787ISRzRQq-cMJ5PzhzsKBk/s1155/thumbnail%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1155" data-original-width="1080" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7CrJ9S4jRzAvIM9fW3lDs38nqbnUkl2JnKgr6qwnBAXH1P0OeMFQw_iIpcqrkh_ETnkT7Sx0pYB5WVnyZhSiOTjxgP0DrJk_OnMy5k56LVFFAbz48xNDWDyJh3ja-5HiyMiXvoRhenBC21RSy-Bi3dc47sl1twZybPGuq787ISRzRQq-cMJ5PzhzsKBk/s16000/thumbnail%20(1).jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Richard A Farrar tag:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xmRbJgflbq2cJ1YewtvijVu__wJAQ8lEC7rMwK-D9NO-CoK8hU44ROOVD5TeYxXO0YDWISI6HtxsevZ9aiALQXNFGdGAgn1zIjAXrjKbxJIBOEYxmxkKd3VfLXiT5mn2NlOAbS7MxCP2oLlK3Gu4U5EpQvWEuY09AoYzTKC3l8jwogQFlnJ66YRehMg/s320/thumbnail%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="320" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8xmRbJgflbq2cJ1YewtvijVu__wJAQ8lEC7rMwK-D9NO-CoK8hU44ROOVD5TeYxXO0YDWISI6HtxsevZ9aiALQXNFGdGAgn1zIjAXrjKbxJIBOEYxmxkKd3VfLXiT5mn2NlOAbS7MxCP2oLlK3Gu4U5EpQvWEuY09AoYzTKC3l8jwogQFlnJ66YRehMg/w640-h640/thumbnail%20(2).jpeg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b><br /></b></span></div>Note:</b></span> My thanks to <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Wendy Powers</span> for sharing photos of her beautiful scarf, the one in red and blue. The photos of the Kovarsky scarf in green and brown come to us courtesy of the artist's daughter <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Gina,</span> to whom I am also grateful.</span><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">There are now a great many scarves by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Richard A. Farrar</span> designed by a number of <i>New Yorker</i> artists in a variety of color schemes to be found in the blog archives <span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/search/label/Richard%20Farrar" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">here.</span></a></span> I am always eager to add new designs and color schemes to these posts. The elusive scarf by the wonderful <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Helen E. Hokinson</span> remains sadly undocumented. <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">James Thurber's</span> scarf depicting dogs with falling leaves has yet to be seen here in any of its five colors.<br /></span><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><b style="color: yellow;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />The <i>Attempted Bloggery </i>Centennial Posts</b><b style="color: yellow;"> </b><span style="color: yellow;"><b>💯</b></span></span><br /><a href="http://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2011/10/blog-post-no-100.html" style="color: cyan; text-align: right;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black;">Blog Post No. 100</span></a><br /><a href="http://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2012/01/blog-post-no-200-shaggy-dog-story.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black; 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color: cyan; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Blog Post No. 2200: Peter Arno Drawings from the Estate of Frank Modell</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2017/09/blog-post-no-2300-peter-arnonot-for.html"><span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Blog Post No. 2300: Peter Arno—Not for Attribution</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2017/12/blog-post-no-2400-sizzling-platter.html"><span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Blog Post No. 2400: Sizzling Platter Chatter</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2018/03/blog-post-no-2500-e-simms-campbell-in.html"><span style="background-color: black; color: cyan; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Blog Post No. 2500: E. Simms Campbell in Color—<i>Esquire</i> Cartoons from 1935</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2018/07/blog-post-no-2600-peter-arnoyoure.html"><span style="color: cyan; font-family: verdana;">Blog Post No. 2600: Peter Arno—You're Welcome?</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2018/10/blog-post-no-2700-charlie-chaplin-and.html"><span style="color: cyan; font-family: verdana;">Blog Post No. 2700: Peter Arno and Charlie Chaplin Shipyard Gags</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2019/01/blog-post-no-2800-george-prices-house.html"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="color: cyan;"></span><span style="color: cyan;">Blog Post No. 2800: George Price's House Rules</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2019/04/blog-post-no-2900-my-copies-of-ultimate.html"><span style="color: cyan;">Blog Post No. 2900: My Copies of <i>The Ultimate Cartoon Book of Book Cartoons</i></span></a></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2019/08/blog-post-no-3000-vatican-museums-2019.html"><span style="color: cyan;">Blog Post No. 3000: The Vatican Museums 2019</span></a></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2019/12/blog-post-no-3100-frank-beavens.html"><span style="color: cyan;">Blog Post No. 3100: Frank Beaven's Dickensian Christmas</span></a></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2020/03/blog-post-no-3200-st-patricks-day.html"><span style="color: cyan;">Blog Post No. 3200: St. Patrick's Day 1938—Will Cotton Original </span><i><span style="color: cyan;">New Yorker</span></i><span style="color: cyan;"> Cover Art</span></a></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2020/06/blog-post-no-3300-give-up-by-whitney.html"><span style="color: cyan;">Blog Post No. 3300: "Give Up?" by Whitney Darrow, Jr.</span></a></span><br /><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2020/10/blog-post-no-3400-1942-navy-relief-show_3.html"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 3400: The 1942 Navy Relief Show Program</span></a></span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2021/01/blog-post-no-3500-william-steigs-what.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 3500: William Steig's "What is Art?"</span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2021/04/blog-post-no-3600-ronald-searles.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 3600: Ronald Searle's <i>Slightly Foxed—But Still Desirable,</i> No. 3/150</span></a></span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2021/07/blog-post-no-3700-peter-arnos-changing_27.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 3700: Peter Arno's Changing Point of View</span></a></span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2021/11/blog-post-no-3800-good-provider.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 3800: Good Provider Cartoons in <i>The New Yorker</i></span></a></span><br /><span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2030/06/peter-arno-you-cad.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 3900: Peter Arno's Cad Confrontation</span></a></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2022/06/bog-post-4000-george-booths-last-call.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 4000: George Booth's Last Call for Stuffed Peppers</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2022/10/blog-post-no-4100-american-theatres.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 4100: The American Theatre's Carnival for Britain</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-new-yorker-cartoon-caption-contest.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 4200: The First</span> <i style="color: #01ffff;">New Yorker</i><span style="color: #01ffff;"> Cartoon Caption Contest?</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog-post-no-4300-visiting-site-of.html" target="_blank"><span><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 4300: Visiting the Site of Charles E. Martin's </span><i><span style="color: #01ffff;">New Yorker</span></i><span style="color: #01ffff;"> Cover of Ap</span></span><span style="color: #01ffff;">ril 14, 1973</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2023/08/blog-post-no-4400-admiring-naturesaul.html"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 4400: Admiring Nature—Saul Steinberg Preliminary <i>New Yorker</i> Cover Art</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span face=""trebuchet ms" , sans-serif" style="background-color: black; font-size: large;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2023/11/blog-post-no-4500-peter-arnos-whoops.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">Blog Post No. 4500: Peter Arno's Whoops Sisters Dancing with Twins</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"> </span></div></div><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04600</span></p></div>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-31216680599511321482024-03-06T00:01:00.047-05:002024-03-09T17:28:02.292-05:00William Steig: Home Restaurant Service<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Cartoonist <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">William Steig,</span> throughout his long career, saw his style reinvent itself time and again. Nevertheless, his illustration of a home restaurant doesn't seem typical of Steig's work of any period, although it does seem to belong squarely to mainstream 1950s magazine illustration.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdYoRUMZ2gSDFUc52HO5qGdGp-OVmYND3Ncx5QuIP7bK71JiZJyoKnPlhZ5q0efqjFddsqHmneB3R1QycrGJt7m6WvnLfnygFhUSTNOvTVR4aNZCxZ4HK2RK7ybnBrYGhzR4e6HYoSeZnzSZxPkE7RXwSgk_j0Z6wUH7tS1Doc9dKuARdOK7VI5Zfjso/s1278/H20259-L360260755_original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVdYoRUMZ2gSDFUc52HO5qGdGp-OVmYND3Ncx5QuIP7bK71JiZJyoKnPlhZ5q0efqjFddsqHmneB3R1QycrGJt7m6WvnLfnygFhUSTNOvTVR4aNZCxZ4HK2RK7ybnBrYGhzR4e6HYoSeZnzSZxPkE7RXwSgk_j0Z6wUH7tS1Doc9dKuARdOK7VI5Zfjso/s16000/H20259-L360260755_original.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The ink shows evidence of bleeding.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaBvnl-_Ukgu66XIeBCG_IveIzJWEz3WVj9U6Au_DkLo1VA9SU5UY1zlTAIkzSdwqOZhKWY5L2BeVhZnZG-l5vgynwfkwQLemrGW8mL_98dDfxvlNTXjgjSckEmrwiaO9nx7nKTPhCjGoMwi0mE8KIPGIrMluwdOfbpZFM25_8ClRzALn6eVkFOylzV0/s1110/H20259-L360260756_original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPaBvnl-_Ukgu66XIeBCG_IveIzJWEz3WVj9U6Au_DkLo1VA9SU5UY1zlTAIkzSdwqOZhKWY5L2BeVhZnZG-l5vgynwfkwQLemrGW8mL_98dDfxvlNTXjgjSckEmrwiaO9nx7nKTPhCjGoMwi0mE8KIPGIrMluwdOfbpZFM25_8ClRzALn6eVkFOylzV0/s16000/H20259-L360260756_original.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Wpo5BCNH2gor7yyt7RWLY_sKZaGPtXFaIAXlWas-m4_PKkmFYJ3q_k-vsPoeuFb-KyI85Qxa1cgYnlLXPbr7C0j7tayCncBHuYyPz5yJ5XWX-_gAnIAQWU-yzNoOMux4NisDdQEoaVaSrprhN0dDn716flPvw9Y9dofluZvcnsGgZDKlg-we9Kyx6o0/s1380/H20259-L360260757_original.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="2058" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbMsQvOQ6giDKnhfaD_3M0Tc-kva06_-aEGiElp4SJvJ22oQaCx6g_sK6_IKUw6-SzlQoT-6vghkmXzlO4xPPBhyphenhyphenE8B7fopdr7el71B3mOE4m6QzC9zcrmMLUBU_wxbrfGFXtYRbpX84RAeDM1oCNoUN70DAIye4UkvbfKbeDDfVw02YPgDdXIAR0VW6k/s16000/Screenshot%202024-01-20%20at%2012.10.36%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">William Steig</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">New York City Estate Auction listing accessed January 20, 2024</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://auctions.nyshowplace.com/lots/view/4-CIR1RV/william-steig-home-restaurant-mixed-media" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://auctions.nyshowplace.com/lots/view/4-CIR1RV/william-steig-home-restaurant-mixed-media</span></a></span></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Sold!</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE9ytzoiEqBYF3lCb-cBQ5SblPL0aP-gBV6FTq3bYUPBnMj1i8z1SCCPBAUrh63XVP1AJC3bWsxO8UYhQDmXAvRPkFpSIksQvwiIafCMKgDBBU2j1kBz45CRwau-yNXrKuFCxVWCSKk-S5j2FvxGRntjPBGRsnOGeHFbe30vpePKDRhCjH7NoUN_UpgU/s2040/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-05%20at%2010.56.56%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="2040" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDE9ytzoiEqBYF3lCb-cBQ5SblPL0aP-gBV6FTq3bYUPBnMj1i8z1SCCPBAUrh63XVP1AJC3bWsxO8UYhQDmXAvRPkFpSIksQvwiIafCMKgDBBU2j1kBz45CRwau-yNXrKuFCxVWCSKk-S5j2FvxGRntjPBGRsnOGeHFbe30vpePKDRhCjH7NoUN_UpgU/s16000/Screen%20Shot%202024-03-05%20at%2010.56.56%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04599</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-81071590627690792742024-03-05T00:01:00.123-05:002024-03-16T11:12:20.049-04:00The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 177<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the CartoonStock Caption Contest #177, the white knight is on the witness stand as the trial is played out on a chess board. </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The rules of the monthly cash prize contest have not changed and neither has my description of them: five dollars buys up to three entries. Real cash prizes are $500 for first place and $100 for each of five runners up. As of this writing, I've put $110 into the first twenty-two pay-to-play contests and this twenty-third challenge brings my total cash outlay up to $115. Having had two previous runner-up entries, I've collected $200, so I'm still playing with the house's money, thank goodness. In fact, so few contestants enter that the odds are generally favorable even to us less-gifted caption writers—and chess players. My three entries are shown below, above the break. The cartoonist is <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Bob Eckstein.</span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUNjrzOojL0J0GzOgrHavOXuo2BUfX4u6mdQIBo83q2697RNHiGA75evXE5bhX_NEQgN-9C1glT_8AEHuTWKHggtig5blJqFeTWCdXrTM9DQ2wlgTzOBUicC49h9XUrrY-n6WSuYASkXQGDHrgGhWCM26FAyrVdBRTImssQ9HrOlgCiyDjaXXrjx4k30/s800/177.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="568" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCUNjrzOojL0J0GzOgrHavOXuo2BUfX4u6mdQIBo83q2697RNHiGA75evXE5bhX_NEQgN-9C1glT_8AEHuTWKHggtig5blJqFeTWCdXrTM9DQ2wlgTzOBUicC49h9XUrrY-n6WSuYASkXQGDHrgGhWCM26FAyrVdBRTImssQ9HrOlgCiyDjaXXrjx4k30/s16000/177.jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"Did you or did you not take the black queen for all she was worth?"<br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"What kind of pervert forks the queen and the king?"</span></i><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br />"How can you claim to begin on a white square and yet end up on black?"<br />* * *<br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"The witness will refrain from jumping . . . to conclusions."<br /></span></i><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"And what heinous action did you take when the Queen's Gambit was declined?"</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b><br /></b></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b>March 16, 2024 Update:</b></span> The Winner</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7opV5jp_Wjrgph12WrQdwtqkK4SKlHSR80fecbrrMHMfq9Y5UxErDrinfsTZNGMh4EpPwDIF-DaiarjklLeSfI2P89PG5nrA6CxoKP2PXfJRwkNHaFKLDoISojdIyphpZ72T7Lx1zLfEP6zGBFK6tYmWBxyo8-hE7yArzQ73pOhhGus7F3p9CLQuiog/s1802/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%208.21.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1802" data-original-width="1678" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE7opV5jp_Wjrgph12WrQdwtqkK4SKlHSR80fecbrrMHMfq9Y5UxErDrinfsTZNGMh4EpPwDIF-DaiarjklLeSfI2P89PG5nrA6CxoKP2PXfJRwkNHaFKLDoISojdIyphpZ72T7Lx1zLfEP6zGBFK6tYmWBxyo8-hE7yArzQ73pOhhGus7F3p9CLQuiog/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%208.21.17%E2%80%AFPM.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/y_Rcq9569DA" width="320" youtube-src-id="y_Rcq9569DA"></iframe></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>The Caption Contest Judges Deliberate</b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04598</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-27336885277504945692024-03-04T00:01:00.029-05:002024-03-15T20:09:41.541-04:00My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #887<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There's magic in the air in </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">The New Yorker </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cartoon Caption Contest #887 from the issue of March 4, 2024. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>My caption is shown below. The drawing is by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Avi Steinberg</span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span><span><span style="background-color: black;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdreuKQGxJi1y54jb-mqCPN9ikjA9So6URt7pRRF-T1G7LW7BCAWfbVZzwsaCPyhmhyphenhyphenrzwJ1MbzXKTMM4-EtWUETFITWtgy0PJjpirjiYy9O9VrdYCK9326sIw8PO6kHXaMAW1RXpWbcYBp4n8QQOjFTbR6hn2PGNJajsS0vcChguFr5PGWm4PoU67As/s1160/a28030.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="1160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNdreuKQGxJi1y54jb-mqCPN9ikjA9So6URt7pRRF-T1G7LW7BCAWfbVZzwsaCPyhmhyphenhyphenrzwJ1MbzXKTMM4-EtWUETFITWtgy0PJjpirjiYy9O9VrdYCK9326sIw8PO6kHXaMAW1RXpWbcYBp4n8QQOjFTbR6hn2PGNJajsS0vcChguFr5PGWm4PoU67As/s16000/a28030.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"I will grant you three pay cuts."</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b>March 15, 2024 Update:</b></span> The Finalists</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8U41TiHTyyKNL2fQzuBFs5-kfmS5ZvQZtASNsgfEj_cVCUV9GfQCI1H1CSKiz4mN_y8i1XTWbobC-n0DP5477jhDWQq3O7uAwPyweS4AAey7bbZ_gGQxN7AKkz-ZDuyozUJgatmhV5Rvxbcc0pPtGAYUYWooYE2t9IkGhHufdZobGshlml5fKS-Ucu4/s1752/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%208.00.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1752" data-original-width="1746" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH8U41TiHTyyKNL2fQzuBFs5-kfmS5ZvQZtASNsgfEj_cVCUV9GfQCI1H1CSKiz4mN_y8i1XTWbobC-n0DP5477jhDWQq3O7uAwPyweS4AAey7bbZ_gGQxN7AKkz-ZDuyozUJgatmhV5Rvxbcc0pPtGAYUYWooYE2t9IkGhHufdZobGshlml5fKS-Ucu4/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%208.00.16%E2%80%AFPM.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04597</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-9201198957265484352024-02-28T01:01:00.005-05:002024-02-28T01:05:40.551-05:00Mischa Richter: Not Spoiled<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Four original 1950s comic panels from the syndicated strip <i>Strictly Richter</i> were sold on eBay early in December. Of course, they are the work of <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Mischa Richter,</span> today best remembered for his <i>New Yorker</i> cartoons. The panels convey the artist's range and versatility.</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcuewKWuDvYCayofRjG2dh9ro93G3XuoN1TWjSUq5XhutGCpBKwb0PzOwQ_7CYB9jPwEbCjse0vsHsVd28wKK6aOg-SVCVGyj4ynSXZeuLRyKe5_KXyJxSdtNM8OiiN3pWSb2GOuhswMdkObIipXEPKENguaFAjbiCUseAQfWTZkTuzLbEbP5bTkAC5k/s1206/s-l1600%20(60).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="996" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRcuewKWuDvYCayofRjG2dh9ro93G3XuoN1TWjSUq5XhutGCpBKwb0PzOwQ_7CYB9jPwEbCjse0vsHsVd28wKK6aOg-SVCVGyj4ynSXZeuLRyKe5_KXyJxSdtNM8OiiN3pWSb2GOuhswMdkObIipXEPKENguaFAjbiCUseAQfWTZkTuzLbEbP5bTkAC5k/s16000/s-l1600%20(60).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: verdana;">"I told him that I'm not <u>really</u> spoiled, I just want my own way!"</i><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">Mischa Richter</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Original comic panel art</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><i style="font-family: verdana;">Strictly Richter,</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> October 22, 1958</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzbMhVFTqIxQH0BjBtuRbj3A_dX-1TirpkI05nGDIgiBEIWV0crOx4jKHk4UI8tLi9gIlEWZkBU8i5i5r99bpxKWF67PvwySLs051uZDOyenInPlvWYprr9yAe8qhIhgQKhjYzjIhs9me_8TzwvcxSRx7jvzFEbLAEIsdg7S2-m2Zls2IbOpIcTttL6E/s1191/s-l1600%20(61).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1191" data-original-width="972" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBzbMhVFTqIxQH0BjBtuRbj3A_dX-1TirpkI05nGDIgiBEIWV0crOx4jKHk4UI8tLi9gIlEWZkBU8i5i5r99bpxKWF67PvwySLs051uZDOyenInPlvWYprr9yAe8qhIhgQKhjYzjIhs9me_8TzwvcxSRx7jvzFEbLAEIsdg7S2-m2Zls2IbOpIcTttL6E/s16000/s-l1600%20(61).jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: verdana;">"He put me on everything he took you off of, dear.""</i><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">Mischa Richter</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Original comic panel art</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><i style="font-family: verdana;">Strictly Richter,</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> January 6, 1955</span><br /><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrndGK2LwJXk-s9qjcIXTITaeoSS7u4PdfxVZFCQKaJu2hF9hKSL7yBtDmy0FKUMxQciMGpPpUpjK8mV3QefM0-36hwe5LUiMEzuuPcDVkXKSEdKO_LhjUptBNVlIDYd7u4y86shY_5v_813_fcPsMrMmyw45v52Alqwj5pApwr02YLqGu9FooNdhCP7s/s1308/s-l1600%20(62).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1308" data-original-width="1028" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrndGK2LwJXk-s9qjcIXTITaeoSS7u4PdfxVZFCQKaJu2hF9hKSL7yBtDmy0FKUMxQciMGpPpUpjK8mV3QefM0-36hwe5LUiMEzuuPcDVkXKSEdKO_LhjUptBNVlIDYd7u4y86shY_5v_813_fcPsMrMmyw45v52Alqwj5pApwr02YLqGu9FooNdhCP7s/s16000/s-l1600%20(62).jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"What flavor?"</i><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Mischa Richter</span><br />Original comic panel art<br /><i>Strictly Richter,</i> November 14, 1955</span><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20N1mGFWzGZozcKhKXelsIWKEShme1xQexQqrYlUaneLK3ksAW3FOWSriTQLwgz9HqRgeSohcbw5v2VYcT9QYOelkTpIlG-tatJbCu5McOS60wI138WaTVM4SsVsFilHts0C2O6p8XQprJAUgaYpkHcyPN4b2FzLswYLqgRfGCBc1XeSMLJe7zaBCKTM/s1237/s-l1600%20(63).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1237" data-original-width="1042" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj20N1mGFWzGZozcKhKXelsIWKEShme1xQexQqrYlUaneLK3ksAW3FOWSriTQLwgz9HqRgeSohcbw5v2VYcT9QYOelkTpIlG-tatJbCu5McOS60wI138WaTVM4SsVsFilHts0C2O6p8XQprJAUgaYpkHcyPN4b2FzLswYLqgRfGCBc1XeSMLJe7zaBCKTM/s16000/s-l1600%20(63).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Take a good look. This will probably never happen again.""</i><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Mischa Richter</span><br />Original comic panel art<br /><i>Strictly Richter,</i> September 10, 1956</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOiVPxq0rnvYP4Hgr6v9EBGo7r-tXE9GAfoWzMPvfLyptr5sT4hROhlQmU-rcwccSSlNZe7WrrLHJIqu76G2RGMDs-__Y4PL8LbR9YgYlgb_pFjLU_v2m767PCZp85nFeXVdAfkMU5ZGmkDgaSRW7PkyHtolFAY4eBNCdDBgqc5JCcmgeNyXHDZZID8Y/s3036/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%209.46.51%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="3036" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOiVPxq0rnvYP4Hgr6v9EBGo7r-tXE9GAfoWzMPvfLyptr5sT4hROhlQmU-rcwccSSlNZe7WrrLHJIqu76G2RGMDs-__Y4PL8LbR9YgYlgb_pFjLU_v2m767PCZp85nFeXVdAfkMU5ZGmkDgaSRW7PkyHtolFAY4eBNCdDBgqc5JCcmgeNyXHDZZID8Y/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%209.46.51%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mischa Richter</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">eBay listing ended December 6, 2023</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #01ffff; font-size: x-small;">https://www.ebay.com/itm/355163873807?itmmeta=01HQMB2Z4KBZZ7S3JM0S085BP1&hash=item52b16aa20f:g:PA4AAOSw9aNlRkN9&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwG5JA6AQPo6SL09f4QLWjWU42ShtnDAU5WPA2I932nn5RJG%2F7en76tcDuGgLNcW</span><span style="background-color: black; color: #01ffff; font-size: x-small;">p0EG6nmi0Tn8I1qbLT9%2FsufqfbotoHR7</span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #01ffff; font-size: x-small;">PAeafaBAOzzYHK6jPkxxBFUvkKTY8SqFo7%2FEOkgR9qMUVCLr7kaW%2FwKc%2F2rmdKOXgrOL2mJd6EDfCDNLzHGZCcgAtUjK%2FClaM45JmoDDkUDkdVTYpnnmxsYHuPR%2BXI5Saq64m1XIscHl2j6qqZhlz0XFyDhaYcrFcHw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR6zyi4u9Yw</span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFOcNojTsKWKKESjF9tDUOz94qopk7wjFscn-NUgK2zKFd45Df9q9GwPG32Mpg4crGn6tf-XIfNCH43m3ZbCXb7wCI_fFZ45l0h3nCYSAb0kPvjrf3MLsBxzEljmcikZexZr1bRUv2-ubKQtP0j1xQiCrdooJnozEJuvCP9qTVOm0R1dDHFpXuJcgKWo/s2932/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.40%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="2932" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyFOcNojTsKWKKESjF9tDUOz94qopk7wjFscn-NUgK2zKFd45Df9q9GwPG32Mpg4crGn6tf-XIfNCH43m3ZbCXb7wCI_fFZ45l0h3nCYSAb0kPvjrf3MLsBxzEljmcikZexZr1bRUv2-ubKQtP0j1xQiCrdooJnozEJuvCP9qTVOm0R1dDHFpXuJcgKWo/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%209.47.40%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mischa Richter<br />eBay item description</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8fg7RaeEHN3PUDMrm-IfRoa30kXy1JrSgWhAAmJapJ393gFlaz8tAWPy92sSlqUBkm10Hf3_CQX5-kIy-zPIuL43AIwycTVzAieb9YnyQz5Wr2NzXZG2NTmnd6AQ1mn0r0LxC-618L7LXevt7RqMQonVRRzNJFRqerAxFhp0kK51Cua2hgtaYkrU9cg/s2074/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.42%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="2074" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8fg7RaeEHN3PUDMrm-IfRoa30kXy1JrSgWhAAmJapJ393gFlaz8tAWPy92sSlqUBkm10Hf3_CQX5-kIy-zPIuL43AIwycTVzAieb9YnyQz5Wr2NzXZG2NTmnd6AQ1mn0r0LxC-618L7LXevt7RqMQonVRRzNJFRqerAxFhp0kK51Cua2hgtaYkrU9cg/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%209.48.42%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Mischa Richter<br />eBay bid history<br />As I never get tired of saying, the latest bid gets it</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZT-QQPDf4xZkmc3ukr_xW6maB3ayXL6N5Ke-q7HxXh1njuGua1dah3Ou42PinimiqzRWYeXwSHW42ajWCRbXVp700k4MmkXf2KKWm8k3J-wlZfZlLCV0hvZpMPhfx57edw6UOUnO-M_x-w0sIvc86SFhwOv1BmezhiU_B9zPFxPIQTGw65ve5EmSzTgA/s1534/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%209.44.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="514" data-original-width="1534" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZT-QQPDf4xZkmc3ukr_xW6maB3ayXL6N5Ke-q7HxXh1njuGua1dah3Ou42PinimiqzRWYeXwSHW42ajWCRbXVp700k4MmkXf2KKWm8k3J-wlZfZlLCV0hvZpMPhfx57edw6UOUnO-M_x-w0sIvc86SFhwOv1BmezhiU_B9zPFxPIQTGw65ve5EmSzTgA/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%209.44.47%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04596</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-9895503648467643362024-02-27T01:01:00.008-05:002024-03-16T11:02:47.573-04:00Barbara Shermund: Flirting at Sea<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> Let's begin with two very different captions appended to the same 1926 <i>New Yorker</i> cartoon by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund.</span> The drawing is set on the deck of an ocean liner where a young flapper is flirting with a member of the crew. Here are the two captions, presented in alphabetical order. Which of these is the better caption?</span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTd_jQz7zcRY2yuU5hT3V1bZlRqtjW9Qmq213hp7ahNQ2YCMz26T1VML76OGPyTgnFTrAji1YDKVF_cYbuH0B9geN-VJ0d4Mrhd7mQQCuMxkVJ-FIsJFyxIoVacyvvqsTK5k9c_xSVt1BIFOkJoNhAaokr9rlMkdHc6p8zJq9zx_zprUEaLVEk__Qz9A/s846/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%2012.07.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTd_jQz7zcRY2yuU5hT3V1bZlRqtjW9Qmq213hp7ahNQ2YCMz26T1VML76OGPyTgnFTrAji1YDKVF_cYbuH0B9geN-VJ0d4Mrhd7mQQCuMxkVJ-FIsJFyxIoVacyvvqsTK5k9c_xSVt1BIFOkJoNhAaokr9rlMkdHc6p8zJq9zx_zprUEaLVEk__Qz9A/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%2012.07.47%20AM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">"</span><i style="font-family: verdana;">I suppose you seafaring men just </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">love</span><i style="font-family: verdana;"> the ocean"</i></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><i>"Oh, I don't know. It's changed so lately."</i></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Or:</span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84TOMbeGMAFotRxXltgN9_CWwQhbwbJ_s_5kNbn-zkbB9pS9ZGdJkbJxkQ-D-5QggmnUIZyfaWDoNRgVh_B1FVnqymj8ltdk8mW_b8Am0NK97t2zlN9RVToUsI_5A2rTCUSiBCf4bcZhwaQ-vC8ET2eN74SlEnG9-owXzVBTjMqqbrPGrH9-bx4An9cg/s846/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%2012.07.47%20AM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="846" data-original-width="644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi84TOMbeGMAFotRxXltgN9_CWwQhbwbJ_s_5kNbn-zkbB9pS9ZGdJkbJxkQ-D-5QggmnUIZyfaWDoNRgVh_B1FVnqymj8ltdk8mW_b8Am0NK97t2zlN9RVToUsI_5A2rTCUSiBCf4bcZhwaQ-vC8ET2eN74SlEnG9-owXzVBTjMqqbrPGrH9-bx4An9cg/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-27%20at%2012.07.47%20AM.png" /></i></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Now tell me all about the engines!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">That first one is the somewhat cumbersome two-speaker type of caption that predominated American cartoons at the time of <i>The New Yorker's</i> founding in 1925. It's essentially two lines of dialogue where the first serves as the setup and the second is the punch line. The second caption is the more modern single-speaker caption that was just starting to come into its own. It was soon to be championed by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Peter Arno</span> and eventually every cartoonist at this magazine and others.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Both of these distinct captions are authentic period creations. The curious thing is that the shorter, punchier caption is Shermund's own, handwritten on her original drawing. The longer, more antiquated, and somewhat stilted caption somehow replaced it between the drawing's submission and its publication in <i>The New Yorker. </i>Who wrote it and why was it deemed superior to the artist's original caption? What was the editorial reasoning here? Ninety-eight years have passed. It's likely we'll never know.</span></div></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mWWyufrKnKUEtv7nXpdvf2PDy9XrqqxQa8oJIFOPawFN_uPTH2IMPZGceFx5CL-1RFIi2Ue3bUUGbicDlDPxBSl3NkP7IIeXn6G9Oymgy4ehgQml6rHRFxKHuj1x_JuSzpOfYehyZWSO_0BGAyVaQvWoRD3wyVFsm-K3Pa_h9NBUTTBAbJNJ-pvhcWA/s1600/s-l1600%20(51).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0mWWyufrKnKUEtv7nXpdvf2PDy9XrqqxQa8oJIFOPawFN_uPTH2IMPZGceFx5CL-1RFIi2Ue3bUUGbicDlDPxBSl3NkP7IIeXn6G9Oymgy4ehgQml6rHRFxKHuj1x_JuSzpOfYehyZWSO_0BGAyVaQvWoRD3wyVFsm-K3Pa_h9NBUTTBAbJNJ-pvhcWA/s16000/s-l1600%20(51).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Now tell me all about the engines!"</i><br />Published as "<i>I suppose you seafaring men just </i>love<i> the ocean"</i><br /><i>"Oh, I don't know. It's changed so lately."</i><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund</span><br />Original art<br /><i>The New Yorker,</i> August 28, 1926, page 21</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The original art was sold on eBay just last month.</div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKCuPBE66m47cXbt-qGM7ACut90PnR7Wmj3diBfFkDmSTY1PbL-BYzJj3_Zi-AjiwLMH-m34pbV2J7twkpkhuYeSPwAFXcaSfFGDNP2HvkO1xWRhTQzs9C68sg28W09wjjy8Nj12Gg17s1F3s-ovzQOLfImTycREzS4fncrzMhjIJyVnbQMZPx6j7R3s/s1600/s-l1600%20(52).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZKCuPBE66m47cXbt-qGM7ACut90PnR7Wmj3diBfFkDmSTY1PbL-BYzJj3_Zi-AjiwLMH-m34pbV2J7twkpkhuYeSPwAFXcaSfFGDNP2HvkO1xWRhTQzs9C68sg28W09wjjy8Nj12Gg17s1F3s-ovzQOLfImTycREzS4fncrzMhjIJyVnbQMZPx6j7R3s/s16000/s-l1600%20(52).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Detail of the two speakers</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtw7lcxNf6oZeAsA4qFlhvE454Xx_DDtevrQOE5bGodQ0eynYEmNqCDGCkxOY1aOBzYd58aFFMAJDs39FAix-0r6fHu2rHB-zfAvw81yLMXD3eOqw5l8Lothg8ieEGzNmt1b0VpHz1Gf4mbDO3CsS_4cfuWzeYTxPsTk55IuahtWcRdyBjc-EA08hwpc/s1600/s-l1600%20(53).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXtw7lcxNf6oZeAsA4qFlhvE454Xx_DDtevrQOE5bGodQ0eynYEmNqCDGCkxOY1aOBzYd58aFFMAJDs39FAix-0r6fHu2rHB-zfAvw81yLMXD3eOqw5l8Lothg8ieEGzNmt1b0VpHz1Gf4mbDO3CsS_4cfuWzeYTxPsTk55IuahtWcRdyBjc-EA08hwpc/s16000/s-l1600%20(53).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund's signature</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx06tirOs7aqR1AvBJwa7ns8VYbndQF8WmPMoBoEwFGJ6OC7fF8hrcPpRE5Oz1aVsKMtp1hw51-_ewvlJAujrcbLQPS23s-RuXJxy3DnOLsVNltvtbIYvic7kh1AdARHmt9DbOjDHwNeut2RdlhMykPPO8bHvhzafT4dv9uUMJ8v6AD-eo2IzbCiiuuE/s1600/s-l1600%20(54).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtx06tirOs7aqR1AvBJwa7ns8VYbndQF8WmPMoBoEwFGJ6OC7fF8hrcPpRE5Oz1aVsKMtp1hw51-_ewvlJAujrcbLQPS23s-RuXJxy3DnOLsVNltvtbIYvic7kh1AdARHmt9DbOjDHwNeut2RdlhMykPPO8bHvhzafT4dv9uUMJ8v6AD-eo2IzbCiiuuE/s16000/s-l1600%20(54).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Detail with another couple</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspMicGhKLTGE2VTtVwd3hLAQ0sxuXtTCEVh1c6zCpzpO8l803I_yzLTx4XRFlwZ4PWp113pTlG4t0u6-JpNItDLrzAktpzGvUSZiHreUO4X8q1qo8qO630vBoIPgWOYYnaKqAlr3-FYzyNxUY-4ks8f5DXpiyteauHI31YUk7MmFV69cYGPjs5zMd4CE/s1600/s-l1600%20(55).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1056" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjspMicGhKLTGE2VTtVwd3hLAQ0sxuXtTCEVh1c6zCpzpO8l803I_yzLTx4XRFlwZ4PWp113pTlG4t0u6-JpNItDLrzAktpzGvUSZiHreUO4X8q1qo8qO630vBoIPgWOYYnaKqAlr3-FYzyNxUY-4ks8f5DXpiyteauHI31YUk7MmFV69cYGPjs5zMd4CE/s16000/s-l1600%20(55).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Now tell me all about the engines!"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHv44GqkaU2iomcDGB8hgbzEWFWjmuzVKu99w-p_ssk8QIzHXOvx41WO5hNY11-gjHLWU2ypCq-5FivJxr0XAs3vUlrk-d33JE-eYzdALK-8zY6VkLpX2AkqWAEg-yPuP28U-cTLO9vUklhquA8n5SsgE_13S1xlosP__AFz5umIvc6M75LQW0-8hIOg/s1600/s-l1600%20(56).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCHv44GqkaU2iomcDGB8hgbzEWFWjmuzVKu99w-p_ssk8QIzHXOvx41WO5hNY11-gjHLWU2ypCq-5FivJxr0XAs3vUlrk-d33JE-eYzdALK-8zY6VkLpX2AkqWAEg-yPuP28U-cTLO9vUklhquA8n5SsgE_13S1xlosP__AFz5umIvc6M75LQW0-8hIOg/s16000/s-l1600%20(56).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Detail of the seafaring man with a big neck</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgOJy8kHpbZtWj-IH6prnztPjr2-C599s4z19PecnwwaBXiou_TUnh1u10UYlD2qiHJOA75yhsTtj7WMWQChbSSb1kI3qkE3787MRJSICP4V1nthHoeHrLRqL0urzxzHnh9icdHSviBRMaEM5FBGa_oroY1rR86AOZPrm4am6YMbEVici3CmoSjRHphg/s1600/s-l1600%20(57).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjgOJy8kHpbZtWj-IH6prnztPjr2-C599s4z19PecnwwaBXiou_TUnh1u10UYlD2qiHJOA75yhsTtj7WMWQChbSSb1kI3qkE3787MRJSICP4V1nthHoeHrLRqL0urzxzHnh9icdHSviBRMaEM5FBGa_oroY1rR86AOZPrm4am6YMbEVici3CmoSjRHphg/s16000/s-l1600%20(57).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Detail of the flapper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPXCAOpyeBcKO2VIpzuqd5Wa-diEO4gubynOHaxxaKT6a2_jBiUDOUQUZPNJzZWnno9qB_grHTHEp-yybIoLOQWFWnetrQ7s6Tqrqs3enBuceoTUB8tM60uOrEKuaq73XTbOzM-XZ9n-FSAnjZmcJyLE_uWNSXm1BAsk51Q1hES03ICeYrCgTSDNurwE/s1600/s-l1600%20(58).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1005" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgPXCAOpyeBcKO2VIpzuqd5Wa-diEO4gubynOHaxxaKT6a2_jBiUDOUQUZPNJzZWnno9qB_grHTHEp-yybIoLOQWFWnetrQ7s6Tqrqs3enBuceoTUB8tM60uOrEKuaq73XTbOzM-XZ9n-FSAnjZmcJyLE_uWNSXm1BAsk51Q1hES03ICeYrCgTSDNurwE/s16000/s-l1600%20(58).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The publication date</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeYGKDtwQt8cNdvVEIjao6ghyphenhyphenPQlEPiSCkowhGypwwhUz3mWYCRGP_3y0R-C5_GEowFgbqYi6U6yo9QWXhQgqSjXt3iAEvBx-y-sVdWidPg-tpM3tX1cic4fqBIFqPpRovDhTgTBsGDkKhx_F-YLC5FIxTVPVCQ1TBCd2s4JGbxSvOvyjfGHW-ZEzkWA/s1600/s-l1600%20(59).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpeYGKDtwQt8cNdvVEIjao6ghyphenhyphenPQlEPiSCkowhGypwwhUz3mWYCRGP_3y0R-C5_GEowFgbqYi6U6yo9QWXhQgqSjXt3iAEvBx-y-sVdWidPg-tpM3tX1cic4fqBIFqPpRovDhTgTBsGDkKhx_F-YLC5FIxTVPVCQ1TBCd2s4JGbxSvOvyjfGHW-ZEzkWA/s16000/s-l1600%20(59).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Rush</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtssOjyWLz6NKxvpLk9ijunOdrIlWADMIJuUKZJvZUgZemVhdPKWBviEkNckdC0ATmBQDKSNXdK225LwDuo99Y-wUo6zMdx8wUlWCPjWxgXj-uhHspBF_eYUnk0BT7iXxZLEhUuJl0fz7-FDulgvAzBW6INKWPpbvbYNkjH4ik_boQzarX5Iv6fya5Tz4/s3034/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.05.41%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="3034" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtssOjyWLz6NKxvpLk9ijunOdrIlWADMIJuUKZJvZUgZemVhdPKWBviEkNckdC0ATmBQDKSNXdK225LwDuo99Y-wUo6zMdx8wUlWCPjWxgXj-uhHspBF_eYUnk0BT7iXxZLEhUuJl0fz7-FDulgvAzBW6INKWPpbvbYNkjH4ik_boQzarX5Iv6fya5Tz4/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.05.41%20PM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund </span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">eBay listing ended January 19, 2024</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/155557268082?itmmeta=01HQMAJFK3XGTQDR0KVBEH7VMF&hash=item2437ef8a72:g:RT8AAOSw0zVkY6dv&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwLDPUPQFgXaRbkWBObdAZYcF1moxJhmFEiyocwpsVXLR9FDsBjAMoi2uEieVr1xMK21QEOVJoKN7%2B0ly555TsMp%" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://www.ebay.com/itm/155557268082?itmmeta=01HQMAJFK3XGTQDR0KVBEH7VMF&hash=item2437ef8a72:g:RT8AAOSw0zVkY6dv&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwLDPUPQFgXaRbkWBObdAZYcF1moxJhmFEiyocwpsVXLR9FDsBjAMoi2uEieVr1xMK21QEOVJoKN7%2B0ly555TsMp%</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/155557268082?itmmeta=01HQMAJFK3XGTQDR0KVBEH7VMF&hash=item2437ef8a72:g:RT8AAOSw0zVkY6dv&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwLDPUPQFgXaRbkWBObdAZYcF1moxJhmFEiyocwpsVXLR9FDsBjAMoi2uEieVr1xMK21QEOVJoKN7%2B0ly555TsMp% 2B2nLgHw84GQ4C1ZCNu2ayDHjAEBj0VFJnhjcQ06tbooQhq8S6mGtIppNGob5yZ9d9OXTU9vNURWxv62nVo5lEXW7iqsyphL40H7Hj2hb0U6cshVVOvuxBw6dfZMYiyD0yPDgWfUItmluwOYlU%2BilczReYsnCVKpd8lSYVG4vMJw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8z5yYq9Yw" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">2B2nLgHw84GQ4C1ZCNu2ayDHjAEBj0VFJnhjcQ06tbooQhq8S6mGtIppNGob5yZ9d9OXTU9vNURWxv62nVo5lEXW7iqsyphL40H7Hj2hb0U6cshVVOvuxBw6dfZMYiyD0yPDgWfUItmluwOYlU%2BilczReYsnCVKpd8lSYVG4vMJw%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR8z5yYq9Yw</span></a></span></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1944" data-original-width="2938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxKsEWazwMQiIQq4Tr_zwhX13BvhnDVfzq2lwqPqEFwJHyVxILjjG910mw8CaLCOdArcAUSOzQbQOXvbr7p9M-fVqN2_QbV_GQnk_To0AK_TPZ30PWsLVFAZg5LkPy9ll3E6q2SDHvNqIE8GLhbL14lFEDAdRgSKH_nl6R9x9o42kQI_tU5by8j09gDE/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.06.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Barbara Shermund </span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">eBay item description</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxKsEWazwMQiIQq4Tr_zwhX13BvhnDVfzq2lwqPqEFwJHyVxILjjG910mw8CaLCOdArcAUSOzQbQOXvbr7p9M-fVqN2_QbV_GQnk_To0AK_TPZ30PWsLVFAZg5LkPy9ll3E6q2SDHvNqIE8GLhbL14lFEDAdRgSKH_nl6R9x9o42kQI_tU5by8j09gDE/s2938/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.06.57%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcH-TROsl2ngCocci16UsFXacA5A1FKhRbJxdnqNEtAJqs0YFL7PYu-VvJYTz8o7LMo52HlfUuaSjkMIexNkR4tV0j-z79WZ3Bx3CHGar3A8PRhHWyMdKwHOQghIbxzAvvsGdvHw3bav0M6UvI9XS_s_hZv4teJ2ly0M90tKuYm_tz0YT7bXRu482Gz8/s944/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.13.35%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="706" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAcH-TROsl2ngCocci16UsFXacA5A1FKhRbJxdnqNEtAJqs0YFL7PYu-VvJYTz8o7LMo52HlfUuaSjkMIexNkR4tV0j-z79WZ3Bx3CHGar3A8PRhHWyMdKwHOQghIbxzAvvsGdvHw3bav0M6UvI9XS_s_hZv4teJ2ly0M90tKuYm_tz0YT7bXRu482Gz8/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.13.35%20PM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"I suppose you seafaring men just </i><span>love</span><i> the ocean"</i></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><div style="text-align: left;"><i>"Oh, I don't know. It's changed so lately."</i></div></span><span style="color: #fcff01;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; text-align: center;">Barbara Shermund</span></div></span></span><i style="font-family: verdana;">The New Yorker,</i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> August 28, 1926, page 21</span><br /><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1014" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdEZSQqcZX6pxTsuN4qW1NKEGClY-Y-c9rOkoMYec0w5nmCqGH1q-gTDIXVrsfc7r35acnrc8zvc13X7m5eXkN7Gl3vmhQ1B0CZ5K8FtBu4L-uj6_9lYpWh8g7uqIXBGJReW9y7n8lcel8LN2NI0EvBe02FvoGruBpEb9c-BTUbsFVhs5mET2CS2k46E/w406-h640/s-l1600%20(51).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" width="406" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: verdana;">"Now tell me all about the engines!"</i><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Published as "</span><i style="font-family: verdana;">I suppose you seafaring men just </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">love</span><i style="font-family: verdana;"> the ocean"</i><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><i style="font-family: verdana;">"Oh, I don't know. It's changed so lately."</i><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">Barbara Shermund</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Original art<br /></span><i style="font-family: verdana;">The New Yorker,</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> August 28, 1926, page 21</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOdEZSQqcZX6pxTsuN4qW1NKEGClY-Y-c9rOkoMYec0w5nmCqGH1q-gTDIXVrsfc7r35acnrc8zvc13X7m5eXkN7Gl3vmhQ1B0CZ5K8FtBu4L-uj6_9lYpWh8g7uqIXBGJReW9y7n8lcel8LN2NI0EvBe02FvoGruBpEb9c-BTUbsFVhs5mET2CS2k46E/s1600/s-l1600%20(51).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu48DypwrCOM4_sV4cvcbPwB3JJtiyRhJtmFyBpgB_TZWy52wtemVvHB_fp4RfGAEmUAIot1H0WkKpKiNdg-SC9T5kyDzhjkUN8HEQAE4oCyQw6Ea8Qs_TQtiMAljktttVN73A-xIKkIZXMGs1lkABTA51ssjXc8QM8Y_a-LFoG3ic2J2ekjn3h-lz_sI/s2928/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.13.13%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2028" data-original-width="2928" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu48DypwrCOM4_sV4cvcbPwB3JJtiyRhJtmFyBpgB_TZWy52wtemVvHB_fp4RfGAEmUAIot1H0WkKpKiNdg-SC9T5kyDzhjkUN8HEQAE4oCyQw6Ea8Qs_TQtiMAljktttVN73A-xIKkIZXMGs1lkABTA51ssjXc8QM8Y_a-LFoG3ic2J2ekjn3h-lz_sI/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.13.13%20PM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Cartoons by Eldon Kelley and Barbara Shermund</span><span style="color: #01ffff;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1926-08-28/flipbook/020/" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1926-08-28/flipbook/020/</span></a></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Eldon Kelley's</span> cartoon on the page opposite Shermund's is another plodding example of the two-speaker gag. It would work just as well or better with just the artist's response. That's what a century of hidsight will tell you.</div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxXeRWgVWlC3pQV8O8tj2PL7OtOD7fEf9b9N8TO9ZKCLuVpX7TXgGhH8ylQ0Ou9PIEe3TsBusb3oII7rfqsrDqXuMpCPsr-w8His1e1li47VWXPdax301gFiiDZiVNxQ3lnhQOb0IP7YyS2X28ubb7GnJF0KRcT6MnybwAY_e0Aw49wQ6Zkzt4tTnaEU/s850/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.13.48%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="708" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxXeRWgVWlC3pQV8O8tj2PL7OtOD7fEf9b9N8TO9ZKCLuVpX7TXgGhH8ylQ0Ou9PIEe3TsBusb3oII7rfqsrDqXuMpCPsr-w8His1e1li47VWXPdax301gFiiDZiVNxQ3lnhQOb0IP7YyS2X28ubb7GnJF0KRcT6MnybwAY_e0Aw49wQ6Zkzt4tTnaEU/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-26%20at%2011.13.48%20PM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Old Man: What d'you call that, young woman?<br />Artist: That's Love in Spring! What did ya think it was?</i><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Eldon Kelley</span><br /><i>The New Yorker,</i> August 28, 1926, page 20</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #999999; font-size: xx-small;">04595</span><br /></span></p></div></div>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-87422065387284876622024-02-26T00:01:00.071-05:002024-03-15T20:11:23.936-04:00My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #886<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span>Life's a beach for some of us, as we see in </span><i>The New Yorker </i><span>Cartoon Caption Contest #886 from the issue of February 26, 2024. </span><span><span>My caption is shown below. The drawing is by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Liza Donnelly</span></span></span><span><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span><span><span style="background-color: black;">.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gVDR7sNtzqcS5WiuvgHWqirC47KnpcIeiXPt7oCNbTfTAtsiGw9vucr5nxahbgcGOc8Kxuhgy0eTAdA4zsxzLHpfE45ER_5gVc93jZWy5fIE76wE2YHhl6YAtJXkvwf0S1M2OPUvJ5nP_K2L3QJVUhC4WA0bkqJmwreOlVOeJ8XQxKukqh3ohh0llvc/s1160/240226_a25787.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gVDR7sNtzqcS5WiuvgHWqirC47KnpcIeiXPt7oCNbTfTAtsiGw9vucr5nxahbgcGOc8Kxuhgy0eTAdA4zsxzLHpfE45ER_5gVc93jZWy5fIE76wE2YHhl6YAtJXkvwf0S1M2OPUvJ5nP_K2L3QJVUhC4WA0bkqJmwreOlVOeJ8XQxKukqh3ohh0llvc/s16000/240226_a25787.webp" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Get your own damn ketchup."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Here are four variations on a theme, and I rejected all of them in favor of a condiment:</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gVDR7sNtzqcS5WiuvgHWqirC47KnpcIeiXPt7oCNbTfTAtsiGw9vucr5nxahbgcGOc8Kxuhgy0eTAdA4zsxzLHpfE45ER_5gVc93jZWy5fIE76wE2YHhl6YAtJXkvwf0S1M2OPUvJ5nP_K2L3QJVUhC4WA0bkqJmwreOlVOeJ8XQxKukqh3ohh0llvc/s1160/240226_a25787.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="1160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gVDR7sNtzqcS5WiuvgHWqirC47KnpcIeiXPt7oCNbTfTAtsiGw9vucr5nxahbgcGOc8Kxuhgy0eTAdA4zsxzLHpfE45ER_5gVc93jZWy5fIE76wE2YHhl6YAtJXkvwf0S1M2OPUvJ5nP_K2L3QJVUhC4WA0bkqJmwreOlVOeJ8XQxKukqh3ohh0llvc/s16000/240226_a25787.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Why can't <u>my</u> life also be a beach?"<br />"Why does only <u>your</u> life get to be a beach?"<br />"How come only <u>you</u> get to live your best life?"<br />"And what if I want to live <u>my</u> best life?"<br /></i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b>March 9, 2024 Update:</b></span> The Finalists</span><div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bIdaVGN7BGAho3zIZ0hGvMMFi87uGqwdW_IcirnO4-7vkxBEq8VV_QoMdfQs1X-sXVpV1qfKL769s_KadmX5hZ1yikyZbvqZrEPLmezvaPSmXlGhC_IrvzCLXEAx8iyBM8ThzjXFqWXYWL2otixLu9uBQAmeA2UOpyvXNjm5G_II0klX5e4fRRFVYTI/s1930/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%205.35.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1758" data-original-width="1930" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8bIdaVGN7BGAho3zIZ0hGvMMFi87uGqwdW_IcirnO4-7vkxBEq8VV_QoMdfQs1X-sXVpV1qfKL769s_KadmX5hZ1yikyZbvqZrEPLmezvaPSmXlGhC_IrvzCLXEAx8iyBM8ThzjXFqWXYWL2otixLu9uBQAmeA2UOpyvXNjm5G_II0klX5e4fRRFVYTI/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-09%20at%205.35.34%E2%80%AFPM.png" /></a></div><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large; text-align: left;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />March 15, 2024 Update:</b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I voted for the caption from Palo Alto.</span></span><br /><div><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04594</span></span></p></div></div>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-31480390904306282042024-02-25T00:01:00.144-05:002024-02-25T00:43:54.459-05:00Barbara Shermund: All Politics is Local<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The third and final lot of original <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund</span> color cartoon art from the collection of Angela Gross Folk was published on a full page in <i>Esquire's</i> January 1948 issue. The work was sold on February 22 in Lincoln Park for a hammer price of $700, the high estimate. Amusingly, the auction house misread the caption as <i>"400 mean little men, a senate investigation."</i></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6KszUai1RJd9caLzoZOPBqGUpOuDXeQe7vtwNo2f77hk9YiISo0znEXWvezOEgwHdeU11at2724bOsMUIpGG3SjL_DVgWurOupG_W-5CVgwtk4A9_VLpNFMQuKr2i8sq8AbFfj0DWZ5qQMlL-B12PBr6Fh_2ZJIt9JHtPBpv84-R2TnuJacnv4Yttas/s768/img%20(19).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="479" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ6KszUai1RJd9caLzoZOPBqGUpOuDXeQe7vtwNo2f77hk9YiISo0znEXWvezOEgwHdeU11at2724bOsMUIpGG3SjL_DVgWurOupG_W-5CVgwtk4A9_VLpNFMQuKr2i8sq8AbFfj0DWZ5qQMlL-B12PBr6Fh_2ZJIt9JHtPBpv84-R2TnuJacnv4Yttas/s16000/img%20(19).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"You mean little me? A senate investigation?"</i><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund</span><br />Original cartoon art<br /><i>Esquire,</i> January 1948, p. 73</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSy1zfXKirwfTtFkwzKBr9ZKnsDhm_bhl4Ax9Hg1ZlS4tuRsYcVinPMK31lUb_u2GuiPKWkLuQclQvKMaoiMkqgrRFLHdm2HYWG7GfDJ9P0r116ArU_x7ud6X94k0Fyai3EeXgdcKInDcPNaQpEozcf3ru-N9T2StKpWDaa9FJ0jnWQIYHW1gywM-2pA/s16000/img%20(20).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: verdana;">"You mean little me? A senate investigation?"</i><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">Barbara Shermund</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Original cartoon art</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><i style="font-family: verdana;">Esquire,</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">January 1948, p. 73</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSy1zfXKirwfTtFkwzKBr9ZKnsDhm_bhl4Ax9Hg1ZlS4tuRsYcVinPMK31lUb_u2GuiPKWkLuQclQvKMaoiMkqgrRFLHdm2HYWG7GfDJ9P0r116ArU_x7ud6X94k0Fyai3EeXgdcKInDcPNaQpEozcf3ru-N9T2StKpWDaa9FJ0jnWQIYHW1gywM-2pA/s768/img%20(20).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="988" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8YDhNqDeBMFZDrET6HQtlDCJeFjbWuXFwi9wiicBAVhEZfEAhRTgyaIVHaT97TFMJnPq1yGKPTW-jBwfH40_IyAaXOtSjRaWUotWOvOHFsq_EkNwZSNYIjBYvxNWtMiUidHk8c1wADSMgklYYZDmVP4rt1j6iRWPCuZHvxoI9RF82C3HqShAglcv5Ws/s16000/img%20(21).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8YDhNqDeBMFZDrET6HQtlDCJeFjbWuXFwi9wiicBAVhEZfEAhRTgyaIVHaT97TFMJnPq1yGKPTW-jBwfH40_IyAaXOtSjRaWUotWOvOHFsq_EkNwZSNYIjBYvxNWtMiUidHk8c1wADSMgklYYZDmVP4rt1j6iRWPCuZHvxoI9RF82C3HqShAglcv5Ws/s988/img%20(21).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="732" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivquFZCLbve-H0Gr9AwiPm3rw-PXKcpFO-dvhURakCmiUrFyXKGMIg3uRl4pYDY60-dxCn35fCJaCTjPsc-PF5AM1cLrHWqDMyZBI1Z8Oo0rgQ1oWISwhQA695EhzXV2CgA95hGj7MujVkQOrzcONDizBxRkZpwB-sMGk3VA9N1cqPgx5v_Nzrf7srTaA/s16000/img%20(22).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund's signature</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivquFZCLbve-H0Gr9AwiPm3rw-PXKcpFO-dvhURakCmiUrFyXKGMIg3uRl4pYDY60-dxCn35fCJaCTjPsc-PF5AM1cLrHWqDMyZBI1Z8Oo0rgQ1oWISwhQA695EhzXV2CgA95hGj7MujVkQOrzcONDizBxRkZpwB-sMGk3VA9N1cqPgx5v_Nzrf7srTaA/s1024/img%20(22).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZwZz_DxRsNIFnW9X-ViYwr5rjBNkRcNurzEJETZDQV4jja726MoUQmKFk7d9KfTNwp8_C9COz3LWEA04qoYVg1ZaLkZmXokucjrzKyuWPUcYnkjCjuEDK_qNmEPX5dsH9M46nlUHdTprjG3AfXlOzF-eAvCsU7ae72cNPFmpP47shbuSz4jVkUivuGw/s16000/img%20(23).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Handwritten caption: <i>"Yo</i></span><i style="font-family: verdana;">u mean little me? A senate investigation?"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZwZz_DxRsNIFnW9X-ViYwr5rjBNkRcNurzEJETZDQV4jja726MoUQmKFk7d9KfTNwp8_C9COz3LWEA04qoYVg1ZaLkZmXokucjrzKyuWPUcYnkjCjuEDK_qNmEPX5dsH9M46nlUHdTprjG3AfXlOzF-eAvCsU7ae72cNPFmpP47shbuSz4jVkUivuGw/s1024/img%20(23).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCHfZO-8K9PbZhHItMJPZCFJg75OQuwIz8aFMvT59Dl9z5j6c-epk7FYx2BV_rQOHV2VZ05OHijW-iUCCSXb7Nw0vWfZ5Clvd7oWeGQlp6otyTgOZtokfizUmxUK0LsbUpCdgWqpX2_18HEuAbd4fagXi8hyMP1IpIhQhUwsTcLMpt8NDFE1y0j7_Q7GE/s993/img%20(24).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; 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font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEDjCXTkAK6IqTcEwYt8ZSDo1SkAljU-nwcaT7AR8zTFMIDmV8NcJGwYlTFbqrW5v8SvNJLEPuAU7ZgXRilmCgINUSezZ98MW9xp6v1QOPW7Ae_Fzj9CKsl4TtyV_H1WZk7r1JI5E5A_sUamoWc98pTulGcg-NBeLpSreUzWYMox0hOFi7CjjueHd5n0/s768/img%20(26).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="544" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCEDjCXTkAK6IqTcEwYt8ZSDo1SkAljU-nwcaT7AR8zTFMIDmV8NcJGwYlTFbqrW5v8SvNJLEPuAU7ZgXRilmCgINUSezZ98MW9xp6v1QOPW7Ae_Fzj9CKsl4TtyV_H1WZk7r1JI5E5A_sUamoWc98pTulGcg-NBeLpSreUzWYMox0hOFi7CjjueHd5n0/s16000/img%20(26).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Verso</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOEmCrgQaoe0N0IT8TfPb-D0OZYhjxEsHXASmmJatMpZkKO1EqkoPDxZhGlttaT1EJ717YF8nLtzOr451Pp2bUkVVHvqSfKBXXJTm5qEWOKrFrHor20wubRQlgZY2TKeWxvU8PeBLa6oX5-bz_QQZbRVWYHhuHFQhFjdlddoy6Vm6WSfVpvPF1IzQllc/s1024/img%20(27).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="486" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUOEmCrgQaoe0N0IT8TfPb-D0OZYhjxEsHXASmmJatMpZkKO1EqkoPDxZhGlttaT1EJ717YF8nLtzOr451Pp2bUkVVHvqSfKBXXJTm5qEWOKrFrHor20wubRQlgZY2TKeWxvU8PeBLa6oX5-bz_QQZbRVWYHhuHFQhFjdlddoy6Vm6WSfVpvPF1IzQllc/s16000/img%20(27).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Received by Esquire, Inc., on July 30, 1947 and paid on July 30, 1947</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPB9RjKwhNcvZlw9TYIhww890vmHpkRqufDQQwLHk6MG8oXAKlYtqbhyphenhyphenlyzhwnWjokRR3mv8aDgczL5W20tk_iavtx-fvV6aA1xRllGJYXh-XvndrbFqxaoB9kaJAAq3WF4yI8juzpjOPileVgC-Cmd8lPnYaJJIAlf-uYsn-Oab9OqcoPzfMqcpcCLrA/s1024/img%20(28).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="712" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPB9RjKwhNcvZlw9TYIhww890vmHpkRqufDQQwLHk6MG8oXAKlYtqbhyphenhyphenlyzhwnWjokRR3mv8aDgczL5W20tk_iavtx-fvV6aA1xRllGJYXh-XvndrbFqxaoB9kaJAAq3WF4yI8juzpjOPileVgC-Cmd8lPnYaJJIAlf-uYsn-Oab9OqcoPzfMqcpcCLrA/s16000/img%20(28).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"Pg. 81," but actually published on page 73</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErpgG-zvwUlZfF9NK7VG_p3qB8yaIMe-awqJwvG8d600KRneQl3EfTol1S0nMa9xVt9XIBfPuGFIQ5bPE655tK7zhwXZAYBfANYyyGfcUD2it7Hy0b0GhJrG_kcsfrfQKY2hn-xupdevCSkrUHpez1yPm6oG54ZhhoyZR5TONfW4uuO2GfjrrD45rqYA/s3014/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.25.05%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1990" data-original-width="3014" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgErpgG-zvwUlZfF9NK7VG_p3qB8yaIMe-awqJwvG8d600KRneQl3EfTol1S0nMa9xVt9XIBfPuGFIQ5bPE655tK7zhwXZAYBfANYyyGfcUD2it7Hy0b0GhJrG_kcsfrfQKY2hn-xupdevCSkrUHpez1yPm6oG54ZhhoyZR5TONfW4uuO2GfjrrD45rqYA/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.25.05%20PM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Willow Auction House listing ended February 22, 2024</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://willowauctionhouse.hibid.com/lot/185191944/barbara-shermund-esquire-cartoon?ref=catalog" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://willowauctionhouse.hibid.com/lot/185191944/barbara-shermund-esquire-cartoon?ref=catalog</span></a></span></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pYXLxU2JEhyV8UAE8KzaO4SypnkNAAlzUaJial5_NTGDTFgHqt2V-zu5F9-A3PV8L50VY3TbcOvQ8jmhDxfFeky1Ukz7kP4J9aqAvaVbSYHXsS95c9rueM7ZTK_3S08YubcbSLpIQopGSKn5kRALX-cN10gNd6jP39yug84n99i9sv6m0mHIkOegTrM/s2972/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.25.28%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1610" data-original-width="2972" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1pYXLxU2JEhyV8UAE8KzaO4SypnkNAAlzUaJial5_NTGDTFgHqt2V-zu5F9-A3PV8L50VY3TbcOvQ8jmhDxfFeky1Ukz7kP4J9aqAvaVbSYHXsS95c9rueM7ZTK_3S08YubcbSLpIQopGSKn5kRALX-cN10gNd6jP39yug84n99i9sv6m0mHIkOegTrM/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.25.28%20PM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund<br />Willow Auction House listing ended February 22, 2024<br /><i>"400 mean little men . . ."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XHACTwIrFxSbj4g2ivoYggG07N6CipG4YqIljSFZORLyYt8zdyXX3PrO3WVPiPWT7L6xOi57cFWMnSdfOcej2Mi4YWPNGCAZ6ikvV2BvAxJIKHUmp0pLGGwJWBUOHuoVkoH5fN0JZBmVMWxsLDwHwavan1R5VfRP2lHFWuolQsNQpb-_D8TRb6YAn1E/s2938/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.25.47%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="328" data-original-width="2938" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_XHACTwIrFxSbj4g2ivoYggG07N6CipG4YqIljSFZORLyYt8zdyXX3PrO3WVPiPWT7L6xOi57cFWMnSdfOcej2Mi4YWPNGCAZ6ikvV2BvAxJIKHUmp0pLGGwJWBUOHuoVkoH5fN0JZBmVMWxsLDwHwavan1R5VfRP2lHFWuolQsNQpb-_D8TRb6YAn1E/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.25.47%20PM.png" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL_rgNwjQmbCBZLtI6SA0OfRsfP-eIz4-vEfsVfNa-RQ7W6PhvVVc4AbUZxcfAyCKXIHZ8JT-54S6SeyeqQsGVId_X4545A3EEDamvPEyvCDjWzpgMmUo6hyAhBHQwb1V0Vq7RCxEAVuYnoO_baS7EAQkhPaU1DnmV782eBr5CF-rQR3kOPFipO1ze7A/s1600/s-l1600%20(50).jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdL_rgNwjQmbCBZLtI6SA0OfRsfP-eIz4-vEfsVfNa-RQ7W6PhvVVc4AbUZxcfAyCKXIHZ8JT-54S6SeyeqQsGVId_X4545A3EEDamvPEyvCDjWzpgMmUo6hyAhBHQwb1V0Vq7RCxEAVuYnoO_baS7EAQkhPaU1DnmV782eBr5CF-rQR3kOPFipO1ze7A/s16000/s-l1600%20(50).jpg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>"You mean little me? A senate investigation?"<br />Esquire,</i><span> January 1948, p. 73</span></span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/314254546015"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://www.ebay.com/itm/314254546015</span></a></span></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="548" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSy1zfXKirwfTtFkwzKBr9ZKnsDhm_bhl4Ax9Hg1ZlS4tuRsYcVinPMK31lUb_u2GuiPKWkLuQclQvKMaoiMkqgrRFLHdm2HYWG7GfDJ9P0r116ArU_x7ud6X94k0Fyai3EeXgdcKInDcPNaQpEozcf3ru-N9T2StKpWDaa9FJ0jnWQIYHW1gywM-2pA/s16000/img%20(20).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: verdana;">"You mean little me? A senate investigation?"</i><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">Barbara Shermund</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Original cartoon art</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><i style="font-family: verdana;">Esquire,</i><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">January 1948, p. 73</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrSy1zfXKirwfTtFkwzKBr9ZKnsDhm_bhl4Ax9Hg1ZlS4tuRsYcVinPMK31lUb_u2GuiPKWkLuQclQvKMaoiMkqgrRFLHdm2HYWG7GfDJ9P0r116ArU_x7ud6X94k0Fyai3EeXgdcKInDcPNaQpEozcf3ru-N9T2StKpWDaa9FJ0jnWQIYHW1gywM-2pA/s768/img%20(20).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOAJ3pQZo_ZCo93g-7vTarCE6zAijE0DZ4IL25CHSiCkVn5ATzK5SNCV9OiZUatClORehX-QmE-aWr9RafxhvFdz4EU5Bo_4SjQy2_IxXT8mhGUMc-vxUMGIU-d9ZR4uxth11JxSeSCJLBHLboLxenTbuJKHjR2ex2qUpMmZm0MbkVMFneorypAWhNHc/s2036/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.07.41%20PM.png" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1370" data-original-width="2036" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAOAJ3pQZo_ZCo93g-7vTarCE6zAijE0DZ4IL25CHSiCkVn5ATzK5SNCV9OiZUatClORehX-QmE-aWr9RafxhvFdz4EU5Bo_4SjQy2_IxXT8mhGUMc-vxUMGIU-d9ZR4uxth11JxSeSCJLBHLboLxenTbuJKHjR2ex2qUpMmZm0MbkVMFneorypAWhNHc/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-24%20at%2010.07.41%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://classic.esquire.com/article/1948/1/1/you-mean-little-me-a-senate-investigation" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://classic.esquire.com/article/1948/1/1/you-mean-little-me-a-senate-investigation</span></a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP8LzeF060AgaBaFKIF-QVMB2JsgfW5z0VIWHF9YQVFgDudHmzvvQgM-qJS_9prmKaLwlYYci0AnZHJOtSaSd_x5hGi5gn11zqfX3oaxcvGtrWwxxKaSnXx7pyc0biXx1gysCMJGWch1mNwXLp6R8VTmfTosAn7XMAi3RVGTA_W7Ji2OdRtO-K0VwIbg/s1910/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%2010.34.06%20PM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1910" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpP8LzeF060AgaBaFKIF-QVMB2JsgfW5z0VIWHF9YQVFgDudHmzvvQgM-qJS_9prmKaLwlYYci0AnZHJOtSaSd_x5hGi5gn11zqfX3oaxcvGtrWwxxKaSnXx7pyc0biXx1gysCMJGWch1mNwXLp6R8VTmfTosAn7XMAi3RVGTA_W7Ji2OdRtO-K0VwIbg/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%2010.34.06%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04593</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-79319195349522912062024-02-24T00:01:00.001-05:002024-02-24T00:01:00.129-05:00Barbara Shermund: Going Along With a Gag<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lot 271 was the second lot of <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund</span> original cartoon art to be offered on February 22 at Willow Auction House. Like the previous lot, it is a panel from <i>Shermund's Sallies</i> in <i>Pictorial Review </i>and it comes from the Angela Gross Folk collection<i>. </i>Shermund's 1951 composition gives us a glimpse of the new postwar suburban prosperity. The home is elegantly furnished, the garden is well landscaped, and the couple is fashionably dressed. But there's still a place for some good, old-fashioned sarcasm.<br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgS6EW2PJr81ehlYtSoCUPJHlY92OMPka8JOCabjOdglMtujmZZjld4nNJ167_UbrxIjevKZnSp2rtqPPRCy33Vvi19SpYz2nHCO6MgQNXIGMQV5P5ef8_fT1q-o6q-ydemwEaMThKOmE4YoaNal8DGLcsSu9klgBycy6QltlbNl66ESehrzVGEUbJEo/s971/img%20(10).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="971" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCgS6EW2PJr81ehlYtSoCUPJHlY92OMPka8JOCabjOdglMtujmZZjld4nNJ167_UbrxIjevKZnSp2rtqPPRCy33Vvi19SpYz2nHCO6MgQNXIGMQV5P5ef8_fT1q-o6q-ydemwEaMThKOmE4YoaNal8DGLcsSu9klgBycy6QltlbNl66ESehrzVGEUbJEo/s16000/img%20(10).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"<i>Mother says she can go along with a gag, and she sends in </i><u style="font-style: italic;">her</u><i> best too."</i><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund</span><br />Original cartoon art<br /><i>Shermund's Sallies<br />Pictorial Review,</i> July 25, 1951</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Rv_lJaGyZBzOifKCavtVBKDn1RXyPSMYNGYiUsMm1JSM3_vsHJBhkb_eo2zqrVfTQWCuIADfhPo0gdboNs1_QrfXimnYOBOjv-GV5Y_YVVtzflex3PNkhE7rvDkLk1d5m_HrseW8gw0QOvoX1APACXEhBZKxk38tMlTg1FQTwpNxjnyoSJwA8pjEN9A/s959/img%20(11).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="959" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1Rv_lJaGyZBzOifKCavtVBKDn1RXyPSMYNGYiUsMm1JSM3_vsHJBhkb_eo2zqrVfTQWCuIADfhPo0gdboNs1_QrfXimnYOBOjv-GV5Y_YVVtzflex3PNkhE7rvDkLk1d5m_HrseW8gw0QOvoX1APACXEhBZKxk38tMlTg1FQTwpNxjnyoSJwA8pjEN9A/s16000/img%20(11).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"<i>Mother says she can go along with a gag, and she sends in </i><u style="font-style: italic;">her</u><i> best too."</i><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund</span><br />Original cartoon art<br /><i>Shermund's Sallies<br />Pictorial Review,</i> July 25, 1951</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCqQHtjUvbw7KHuqK9fDd72jooWM9Aj02hjnmhg-Q8YGzl3ELEYOHLPQb0V_IOAmLg5svn4RMhCxEAPD5XOVKD3OF-pyU307WTAx6-prCRUuEwTBnwm8x2ditUNGAQHcgFRlUAH7hDLLV_WgJX3Qf8Vl86NWdMzinsgh6XKcfyoVpzDsFiznjNBWMXrc/s904/img%20(12).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="904" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCqQHtjUvbw7KHuqK9fDd72jooWM9Aj02hjnmhg-Q8YGzl3ELEYOHLPQb0V_IOAmLg5svn4RMhCxEAPD5XOVKD3OF-pyU307WTAx6-prCRUuEwTBnwm8x2ditUNGAQHcgFRlUAH7hDLLV_WgJX3Qf8Vl86NWdMzinsgh6XKcfyoVpzDsFiznjNBWMXrc/s16000/img%20(12).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Detail of man with newspaper</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChDIva6RmecxKhV1W7a12ejmRXc1WxFctQwRzzlMofy6GgVcXZ76lTJUvFYYZDOWycaGH8C77GHhu84SvnxOshX6SKR5ZJyZ64byO6YFRFFKIe4hM9EzHzknB8TTlldoNFjQNO6pHajBCwI9MRfXcsYMU6pU93zE2nkfRV00r_tOOMDwmv__D_kd5T-8/s768/img%20(13).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="490" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjChDIva6RmecxKhV1W7a12ejmRXc1WxFctQwRzzlMofy6GgVcXZ76lTJUvFYYZDOWycaGH8C77GHhu84SvnxOshX6SKR5ZJyZ64byO6YFRFFKIe4hM9EzHzknB8TTlldoNFjQNO6pHajBCwI9MRfXcsYMU6pU93zE2nkfRV00r_tOOMDwmv__D_kd5T-8/s16000/img%20(13).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Detail of woman with telephone</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU3P51U-vMh9Pl4zHUARvS13IH_Z_QXL1vWgJHIszwQNkKLS6kRtXIxFTZluVUUnBioS7KX6LM1OAQPMP3MijwWs1IXBMABh-_tek5pG_Ri8InBoWDdJbabjFX4D7enjoCbWwu7Hs2D09_P8gFvnZjjzhyhz00g4KyndVGxFI6OiUWO-NxAN03cYLnnA/s1024/img%20(14).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="698" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUU3P51U-vMh9Pl4zHUARvS13IH_Z_QXL1vWgJHIszwQNkKLS6kRtXIxFTZluVUUnBioS7KX6LM1OAQPMP3MijwWs1IXBMABh-_tek5pG_Ri8InBoWDdJbabjFX4D7enjoCbWwu7Hs2D09_P8gFvnZjjzhyhz00g4KyndVGxFI6OiUWO-NxAN03cYLnnA/s16000/img%20(14).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund's signature</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWH-XbM_bPWK4bhkCAvx4CVNA55eYA82Uc6x3oJsrS5nlTfsnU6bk8a8iAX1jNB1_QRbEnuPmwUkti51FE4QzQoknvfzvVfdlFJZHTXCdPyyW6RiXFDE079t1N_-YPeLMyzUYgL1Ch0Gn4ZNHJc2OGRrgZmhgaBjZlLVChAdn6eaN-2PHk9YC2y_74nFE/s1024/img%20(15).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="182" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWH-XbM_bPWK4bhkCAvx4CVNA55eYA82Uc6x3oJsrS5nlTfsnU6bk8a8iAX1jNB1_QRbEnuPmwUkti51FE4QzQoknvfzvVfdlFJZHTXCdPyyW6RiXFDE079t1N_-YPeLMyzUYgL1Ch0Gn4ZNHJc2OGRrgZmhgaBjZlLVChAdn6eaN-2PHk9YC2y_74nFE/s16000/img%20(15).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Handwrittern caption: "<i>Mother says she can go along with a gag, and she sends in <u>her</u> best too."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkec0rwQflLg_KIz9DMv0fiiik0l42k5a4YwIDuB4uTodWGLDZOibJ9aLiMg70Hf2mTMSrUeZYVUxAcIX3TdQf6xF9yCHZpbsDpcs3cDqq2kxFAJppFfo8idk0UjZpqE-4fDPwAoHxWD8CybgyYQlkVuPGuroMC6DLandU5UWINcGgO0QonGXtJYZU7A/s768/img%20(16).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifkec0rwQflLg_KIz9DMv0fiiik0l42k5a4YwIDuB4uTodWGLDZOibJ9aLiMg70Hf2mTMSrUeZYVUxAcIX3TdQf6xF9yCHZpbsDpcs3cDqq2kxFAJppFfo8idk0UjZpqE-4fDPwAoHxWD8CybgyYQlkVuPGuroMC6DLandU5UWINcGgO0QonGXtJYZU7A/s16000/img%20(16).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Verso</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEGMsXDsEX7Yj1xJW0It2YU6TUreyIrgvi-Of772XwSMJRUFPo6AyynUTymF0WELMUibn340yYQvAy8dj9DKEcBXqXDUwHrl3QZ1n-HQhqPJEmR_LnNejZu_zwcNb09PiHEV2-3_yY8X2NzYbOBQmcNoljYjJTYOfpoIxJKxQCmEZdMDU6FX631eBOEo/s1024/img%20(17).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="436" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOEGMsXDsEX7Yj1xJW0It2YU6TUreyIrgvi-Of772XwSMJRUFPo6AyynUTymF0WELMUibn340yYQvAy8dj9DKEcBXqXDUwHrl3QZ1n-HQhqPJEmR_LnNejZu_zwcNb09PiHEV2-3_yY8X2NzYbOBQmcNoljYjJTYOfpoIxJKxQCmEZdMDU6FX631eBOEo/s16000/img%20(17).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>Shermund['s] Sallies</i><br />Rel[ease] July 25[, 1951]</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQvDtDAmre2B9RXEZEhW40YVln9VI1Tv9lliUFvdcIsH4MmEhziFH0VPxzT-YZgYb9cpuDX5IsexHgXORcbzOJq2pBqT6hSt340jDo1lnntWfCyS9eN5BCoPAnPAwjBQilAb9JQhxU2aD2M1Hf69Z_LwgsKX5rGJfqDgeCBkwANCNmsJMAglGesjHmk4/s1024/img%20(18).jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRQvDtDAmre2B9RXEZEhW40YVln9VI1Tv9lliUFvdcIsH4MmEhziFH0VPxzT-YZgYb9cpuDX5IsexHgXORcbzOJq2pBqT6hSt340jDo1lnntWfCyS9eN5BCoPAnPAwjBQilAb9JQhxU2aD2M1Hf69Z_LwgsKX5rGJfqDgeCBkwANCNmsJMAglGesjHmk4/s16000/img%20(18).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>P[ictorial] R[eview]</i><br />7/25/1951</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-sWz6CTrDJKwyDmg6AQAhpRfbzdl9Gl2hGFG3PQgHiN8N9QJWc_-lVWk-LTuCLDv-ag3IGNY1prXyCPviWWO57i0aPp8PpJAIgTb70452Ppao8nCRX7kvthf0hCHPzPAZKEcBbgrxY2pVvDptmNvVKRpHzmDJ8ml9Rve64y0WEsOkBA8Xvk1sqqjEAs/s2644/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20at%206.17.45%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1994" data-original-width="2644" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-sWz6CTrDJKwyDmg6AQAhpRfbzdl9Gl2hGFG3PQgHiN8N9QJWc_-lVWk-LTuCLDv-ag3IGNY1prXyCPviWWO57i0aPp8PpJAIgTb70452Ppao8nCRX7kvthf0hCHPzPAZKEcBbgrxY2pVvDptmNvVKRpHzmDJ8ml9Rve64y0WEsOkBA8Xvk1sqqjEAs/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20at%206.17.45%20PM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">Willow Auction House listing ended February 22, 2024</span><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://willowauctionhouse.hibid.com/lot/185191943/barbara-shermund-pictorial-review-sallies-cartoon?ref=catalog"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://willowauctionhouse.hibid.com/lot/185191943/barbara-shermund-pictorial-review-sallies-cartoon?ref=catalog</span></a></span></span></div></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: right;"><br /></div></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPTBG9z4h0QapZ6FjOJiKRkDLeiYe-I1636Zwm1B2LhsXHZ3o0aNJRJ3rZtnoKkSvtSojONgAZdz8ExjysWhPGq7q8dgUX5EC4yb7-eolqsf8xYNHQJ5O-vpZPP4MnWNjjpWK43YfmKeWxbT0pHZvLIRc3h5hFrCEd6FRNmLumQsZJdNH3D__GhupylI/s2658/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20at%207.35.33%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1190" data-original-width="2658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjPTBG9z4h0QapZ6FjOJiKRkDLeiYe-I1636Zwm1B2LhsXHZ3o0aNJRJ3rZtnoKkSvtSojONgAZdz8ExjysWhPGq7q8dgUX5EC4yb7-eolqsf8xYNHQJ5O-vpZPP4MnWNjjpWK43YfmKeWxbT0pHZvLIRc3h5hFrCEd6FRNmLumQsZJdNH3D__GhupylI/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20at%207.35.33%20PM.png" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund<br />Willow Auction House item description</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5ywTjiJh-DX19cU9TLSh5uIZEJq_MiRNjDOXjwRrk3QOYnEQWuNksAGWJyJ24KY9FdblbJ6x8NdTrVvZP5JlD5dbocfMHB_mTr1ML55sXpnXqMMejTlZeix62GqvqgfHk5FgNnIY7bMKH8vuyCwkROeiDUSUWKXeAJe05PSHkaB3oh8x-tcY9UuTnVM/s2608/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20at%207.35.56%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="158" data-original-width="2608" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv5ywTjiJh-DX19cU9TLSh5uIZEJq_MiRNjDOXjwRrk3QOYnEQWuNksAGWJyJ24KY9FdblbJ6x8NdTrVvZP5JlD5dbocfMHB_mTr1ML55sXpnXqMMejTlZeix62GqvqgfHk5FgNnIY7bMKH8vuyCwkROeiDUSUWKXeAJe05PSHkaB3oh8x-tcY9UuTnVM/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-23%20at%207.35.56%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw57WT4-0QZkf5nFXnw_BZSUCnfhTjrWAUpUhX0XmRjlVyv-Q3YKC7svVTwpgVHCGK1bZ-iBKDyFwyu5reVM9aN5XJdi8f6Pcoa66R6tF0ph4ev1TCNHKIRFJLGjvqutKGj_FVsnU46MH-o9k_EpCpP884YaYilMmpytQu1PMAA10TDA72ZR5jlkBmcZo/s1910/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%2010.34.06%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1910" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw57WT4-0QZkf5nFXnw_BZSUCnfhTjrWAUpUhX0XmRjlVyv-Q3YKC7svVTwpgVHCGK1bZ-iBKDyFwyu5reVM9aN5XJdi8f6Pcoa66R6tF0ph4ev1TCNHKIRFJLGjvqutKGj_FVsnU46MH-o9k_EpCpP884YaYilMmpytQu1PMAA10TDA72ZR5jlkBmcZo/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-22%20at%2010.34.06%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04592</span></span></div>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-28137196713428557562024-02-23T01:01:00.010-05:002024-02-23T20:35:09.800-05:00Barbara Shermund: Seeing What Develops<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Three original works by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund </span>from the Angela Gross Folk collection were sold yesterday at Willow Auction House in Lincoln Park, New Jersey. Each is a full-color, single-panel cartoon. The first of these, depicting a photographer in his studio with a pretty young woman posing for him, is from the weekly syndicated newspaper insert <i>Pictorial Review,</i> which ran a regular series called <i>Shermund's Sallies.</i> The colors remain fresh but, even in 1946, this gag must have seemed pretty old.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2ulXUTut3b85b9i7hrp285wTh9DRqvT8VQfv732mlohQVwi2e2_jTlpSgyNaqH2RZvk_pWiAqUs3AoxiScbL3oeCgOtKTv6gUSp7Cg5dW8H0x95doGxOAVWt6f2NdveIHeG57voVIJztwRPLVVbYUfBhrUvO91NJp2jEu5LWv9Ot1OYi2qUam06dxdo/s768/img.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="589" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW2ulXUTut3b85b9i7hrp285wTh9DRqvT8VQfv732mlohQVwi2e2_jTlpSgyNaqH2RZvk_pWiAqUs3AoxiScbL3oeCgOtKTv6gUSp7Cg5dW8H0x95doGxOAVWt6f2NdveIHeG57voVIJztwRPLVVbYUfBhrUvO91NJp2jEu5LWv9Ot1OYi2qUam06dxdo/s16000/img.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"And now, Miss Gibson, have you ever wondered what goes on in a dark-room?"</i><br /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Barbara Shermund</span><br />Original cartoon art<br /><i>Pictorial Review, </i>c.<i> </i>December 8, 1946</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJq1I3h64ulexquy67E5AXnaNzEDRQVKJ9BIu8Mqo_jiHVlffN4kHxmhRiiTUH87p6qBGlRDiah8sW7Ra25G-PyhVDovC7BVBi7lF6_p0C8nunEV8JbrnOg0qQr09NkLpXyjfzcoilplIPipjCS-FuEp9eomzpeTqZfeUyjByfusTPlL-EVjRHm9SleZY/s768/img%20(1).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="596" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJq1I3h64ulexquy67E5AXnaNzEDRQVKJ9BIu8Mqo_jiHVlffN4kHxmhRiiTUH87p6qBGlRDiah8sW7Ra25G-PyhVDovC7BVBi7lF6_p0C8nunEV8JbrnOg0qQr09NkLpXyjfzcoilplIPipjCS-FuEp9eomzpeTqZfeUyjByfusTPlL-EVjRHm9SleZY/s16000/img%20(1).jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i style="font-family: verdana;">"And now, Miss Gibson, have you ever wondered what goes on in a dark-room?"</i><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">Barbara Shermund</span><br style="font-family: verdana;" /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Original cartoon art<br /><i>Pictorial Review, </i>c.<i> </i></span><span style="font-family: verdana;">December 8, 1946</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCBsjHrj1-kM1P_NTt_0uE7CjNklYjdvsrlhQzleXiwp510DX4QNvyGYzTP_QVxZ5SC9PCpARSrlwhpKygAcLTRjAVjmFPpGjMTJaIsj6HWsuln1yX6K1S4mcKmcgMCMD78_02cDu-mSqhSqH1eqvC9dshh8ySH5brXZ9Han5BtcjHcA_UI6zQcYOKRc/s907/img%20(2).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="907" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcCBsjHrj1-kM1P_NTt_0uE7CjNklYjdvsrlhQzleXiwp510DX4QNvyGYzTP_QVxZ5SC9PCpARSrlwhpKygAcLTRjAVjmFPpGjMTJaIsj6HWsuln1yX6K1S4mcKmcgMCMD78_02cDu-mSqhSqH1eqvC9dshh8ySH5brXZ9Han5BtcjHcA_UI6zQcYOKRc/s16000/img%20(2).jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Detail</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJAkNB26HgysFvTv5zBNtEXGPhOz8WrsY0Vtlx9FelWcXdCz-kC8zslrm9JfNK0lFGydN9_BEdX9bQSXr34fOo8ZrJ2rdDg-VKwxB69NFErIevcoDXj2fotke9jpeHFRopJSWqYaaUNm7-xylq1tPxEQZjrirc6elsIu_LG9uBG-PHAET7cI84Skqc7s/s1024/img%20(3).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="592" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGJAkNB26HgysFvTv5zBNtEXGPhOz8WrsY0Vtlx9FelWcXdCz-kC8zslrm9JfNK0lFGydN9_BEdX9bQSXr34fOo8ZrJ2rdDg-VKwxB69NFErIevcoDXj2fotke9jpeHFRopJSWqYaaUNm7-xylq1tPxEQZjrirc6elsIu_LG9uBG-PHAET7cI84Skqc7s/s16000/img%20(3).jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Barbara Shermund's signature</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftSiFvHbAVhagMBWPgdvAAjb5jqolqT8DYDy16t2S_YGwEe3eC7OXah0cq5D9A3cbI-vAJUDyIjTE8m12RocZmlTLEb-fWQspYmg5gJoqF8FKH5V4kTRkCdB7q9oyjLvr5iZNslWvmva6kWpc2MCaBd-v_rzjOH8YRJAddbwHJF6Msrz4K0weT_yAVHo/s1024/img%20(4).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="313" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjftSiFvHbAVhagMBWPgdvAAjb5jqolqT8DYDy16t2S_YGwEe3eC7OXah0cq5D9A3cbI-vAJUDyIjTE8m12RocZmlTLEb-fWQspYmg5gJoqF8FKH5V4kTRkCdB7q9oyjLvr5iZNslWvmva6kWpc2MCaBd-v_rzjOH8YRJAddbwHJF6Msrz4K0weT_yAVHo/s16000/img%20(4).jpeg" /></i></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Handwritten caption:<i> "And now, Miss Gibson, have you ever wondered what goes on in a dark-room?"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOFcjYEcqEhqBpTHcGjGHXVEgDtvS4jfUV7P4OKhZFRmfPt-w5WT2sexR9mVFsF2FiYeC65TobWXej79YwS30nVp-WayEex7de8F2Qt9RjMSGyyA-gLMXYUX8OIyBJ4WT7CFbAKVJAa1f2RNvFA5795R2deskCRVzDV9zaWkQQldoHSveZIpGPxkyAmc/s768/img%20(5).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="588" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeOFcjYEcqEhqBpTHcGjGHXVEgDtvS4jfUV7P4OKhZFRmfPt-w5WT2sexR9mVFsF2FiYeC65TobWXej79YwS30nVp-WayEex7de8F2Qt9RjMSGyyA-gLMXYUX8OIyBJ4WT7CFbAKVJAa1f2RNvFA5795R2deskCRVzDV9zaWkQQldoHSveZIpGPxkyAmc/s16000/img%20(5).jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Verso</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOCCHU3EgDarEDFC_lbv-AWD1-JfISfOMyum1vjfto9mcYCKaPfXvHnfFLXusYjyQP9RbclUg3-MohrZu60ZUHYfULBTdE-ArLaW38Vi2lEcb2KkAyoO-laM0oxOJ2BETB4fU_nyBs0f7FCp5fqA3Y0Ljqyog3kYOXtA7Pp4YZhSoVAbUk-i0d-MRyU4/s1024/img%20(6).jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="545" data-original-width="1024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbOCCHU3EgDarEDFC_lbv-AWD1-JfISfOMyum1vjfto9mcYCKaPfXvHnfFLXusYjyQP9RbclUg3-MohrZu60ZUHYfULBTdE-ArLaW38Vi2lEcb2KkAyoO-laM0oxOJ2BETB4fU_nyBs0f7FCp5fqA3Y0Ljqyog3kYOXtA7Pp4YZhSoVAbUk-i0d-MRyU4/s16000/img%20(6).jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>P[ictorial] R[eview]</i><br />Release Dec. 8/46</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS39RSTLYDo2BttlQB6LvY3iFmpGQCG07KP_4r7BGGdE31UfbjmeryyrDUk9zagw0QfqlhytDOSM7j8LVFXRC9mX4oDx7zfpgoAq-UZWDFIzlDMPWBrM6r9CwA5SRFFuTd2hXYjIa5doTShEQXWMcSIjKOdpU3ZyazzoX4IM1LkrNnE1XmRH7IYh7kiE/s931/img%20(7).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="768" data-original-width="931" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlS39RSTLYDo2BttlQB6LvY3iFmpGQCG07KP_4r7BGGdE31UfbjmeryyrDUk9zagw0QfqlhytDOSM7j8LVFXRC9mX4oDx7zfpgoAq-UZWDFIzlDMPWBrM6r9CwA5SRFFuTd2hXYjIa5doTShEQXWMcSIjKOdpU3ZyazzoX4IM1LkrNnE1XmRH7IYh7kiE/s16000/img%20(7).jpeg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5i_I-qn24nCePcOHaIa94QkExGY-JwG-82-cpv2g8-Jq5Pnz5m_D3IkXEQpVVMRjSKBrTlySnjPIh0I0eB7loOuNfN1Ib9RrWkklBgQtYXXJmpaqxWwRNL07aKvRRaXuvHy5IOIdeZPZfx0mrAlUgpMQTKFOJUxZRYQx6aPiWAy7MgrmUf0V74Ebnfxc/s1024/img%20(8).jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04591</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-81478895687123243092024-02-22T00:01:00.001-05:002024-02-22T00:53:56.898-05:00Mischa Richter: Eleven Esquire Cartoons<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A group of eleven full-page <i>Esquire</i> cartoons by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Mischa Richter</span> was sold on eBay in November. The early drawings, to my eye, show the influence of <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Syd Hoff</span> and <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">George Grosz.</span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaVYZltOQnaf1ycuSziuBWUdYSpLha06Ip-8OT76ElnvpLnZDN1H4bIwHxlzXW4XKb26Us40lRdybvEt0dOobg0DuIRHuYP3udTNJ-lvoUFKTiUo3L1_T2N1ZreGiTBSsQMCE-Db4fXpux5qw5xT1ClPowHnO7E6754H_1dAKNXWrGiJpAgnBPVKcIpE/s1600/s-l1600%20(47).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVaVYZltOQnaf1ycuSziuBWUdYSpLha06Ip-8OT76ElnvpLnZDN1H4bIwHxlzXW4XKb26Us40lRdybvEt0dOobg0DuIRHuYP3udTNJ-lvoUFKTiUo3L1_T2N1ZreGiTBSsQMCE-Db4fXpux5qw5xT1ClPowHnO7E6754H_1dAKNXWrGiJpAgnBPVKcIpE/s16000/s-l1600%20(47).jpg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_90z6__pkpeIo9R1x9DKnZHVzWXvawii0idoNRr_x9AE3dEFuNZqIKhXfUjNEthgKqeRM2Szxb5PsFWoGLMaTMZTuhYfVnoNSvbitwKJevVJnYkWATOKM72iwT-0KRWi2rzlo0r4GKxfqqCydlsI2uDy5k__TyUF1X4ekT3kNQpsyZV4hgIKqqCfcNsQ/s1600/s-l1600%20(48).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_90z6__pkpeIo9R1x9DKnZHVzWXvawii0idoNRr_x9AE3dEFuNZqIKhXfUjNEthgKqeRM2Szxb5PsFWoGLMaTMZTuhYfVnoNSvbitwKJevVJnYkWATOKM72iwT-0KRWi2rzlo0r4GKxfqqCydlsI2uDy5k__TyUF1X4ekT3kNQpsyZV4hgIKqqCfcNsQ/s16000/s-l1600%20(48).jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"You're such a child, but I love you[.]" "Boy! The progress this younger generation has made since our day[.]"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlocME69sa-VL4cfQbz9D_zWXXtGIU_Z5mZveCYcna2zV5BBt_DJ7rKsGHvC-mw6ytHOmZN_zC_WeUB25X9mjOxqS0LEDbg3IHGjxMlZc4R_QP2qqdX61AKUvnG2xEmQF0wUAAWzpTj4Dhzaxtw1O6ErPP3JZANBgEhIlmUVwiQsuH945W-94ArnHWVo/s1600/s-l1600%20(49).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRlocME69sa-VL4cfQbz9D_zWXXtGIU_Z5mZveCYcna2zV5BBt_DJ7rKsGHvC-mw6ytHOmZN_zC_WeUB25X9mjOxqS0LEDbg3IHGjxMlZc4R_QP2qqdX61AKUvnG2xEmQF0wUAAWzpTj4Dhzaxtw1O6ErPP3JZANBgEhIlmUVwiQsuH945W-94ArnHWVo/s16000/s-l1600%20(49).jpg" /></i></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"Hey[,] Butch! The gentleman you was expecting is here[.]" "Suave, ain't he?"</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MuBT8uD2ZATFu7ma0qyOwUnZVw6tcgNerH1VZO4fgFlyzFj59a5sKXbLv5JXP5QxQDXTvDQCOjSM0eI21tGBKFaxMRTkT9muLBHB0ng-0rMyQnwfaiTrg7qo9aHrZJ7ZFggZN_T3MjoULi2oK5j7VwbF-tS1mPkrIo5_qOwu1-sOZnp5_ZuluOfIA2o/s2966/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20at%2011.14.59%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1272" data-original-width="2966" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6MuBT8uD2ZATFu7ma0qyOwUnZVw6tcgNerH1VZO4fgFlyzFj59a5sKXbLv5JXP5QxQDXTvDQCOjSM0eI21tGBKFaxMRTkT9muLBHB0ng-0rMyQnwfaiTrg7qo9aHrZJ7ZFggZN_T3MjoULi2oK5j7VwbF-tS1mPkrIo5_qOwu1-sOZnp5_ZuluOfIA2o/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20at%2011.14.59%20PM.png" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">Mischa Richter</span><br /><span style="font-size: large;">eBay listing ended November 25, 2023</span><span style="background-color: black;"><br /></span></span><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/305059847700?itmmeta=01HQ7ENEVEMBHPG7VB550RJ9DY&hash=item4706fbde14:g:OioAAOSwB4lkz8uU&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4O94w8T6eTEgO0g0ivccmACM0ixnYdH%2FFw7N9xBW91vLW%2FVBnC3jP4esLdJsMXY0gvqUdRIBU25Q2TisS%2BKq7iIa9cengjHubaKG9nsDQn4FGkYyeAv%2BJeRYAEn%2BA0PBYXVz9WpN0Ip32l12sdoKlZ5R%2FA3xkq3aLifhs%2Fm0fmxRiQv6voI%2FXJLkBuf%2BI853IL3YPuaYrzwrm1YIZqIiFV6Sdz1Kc1Ajv%2FwkNqnQXKo6Gu2DPPImbWYI1MYG4ndSXMLs01ZTuoUbmVellglgSDv7pW9eJsR4S1jNoL7bbdvY%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-Dt1e65Yw"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://www.ebay.com/itm/305059847700?itmmeta=01HQ7ENEVEMBHPG7VB550RJ9DY&hash=item4706fbde14:g:OioAAOSwB4lkz8uU&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4O94w8T6eTEgO0g0ivccmACM0ixnYdH%2FFw7N9xBW91vLW%2FVBnC3</span></a></span><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/305059847700?itmmeta=01HQ7ENEVEMBHPG7VB550RJ9DY&hash=item4706fbde14:g:OioAAOSwB4lkz8uU&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4O94w8T6eTEgO0g0ivccmACM0ixnYdH%2FFw7N9xBW91vLW%2FVBnC3jP4esLdJsMXY0gvqUdRIBU25Q2TisS%2BKq7iIa9cengjHubaKG9nsDQn4FGkYyeAv%2BJeRYAEn%2BA0PBYXVz9WpN0Ip32l12sdoKlZ5R%2FA3xkq3aLifhs%2Fm0fmxRiQv6voI%2FXJLkBuf%2BI853IL3YPuaYrzwrm1YIZqIiFV6Sdz1Kc1Ajv%2FwkNqnQXKo6Gu2DPPImbWYI1MYG4ndSXMLs01ZTuoUbmVellglgSDv7pW9eJsR4S1jNoL7bbdvY%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-Dt1e65Yw" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">jP4esLdJsMXY0gvqUdRIBU25Q2TisS%2BKq7iIa9cengjHu</span></a><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/305059847700?itmmeta=01HQ7ENEVEMBHPG7VB550RJ9DY&hash=item4706fbde14:g:OioAAOSwB4lkz8uU&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4O94w8T6eTEgO0g0ivccmACM0ixnYdH%2FFw7N9xBW91vLW%2FVBnC3jP4esLdJsMXY0gvqUdRIBU25Q2TisS%2BKq7iIa9cengjHubaKG9nsDQn4FGkYyeAv%2BJeRYAEn%2BA0PBYXVz9WpN0Ip32l12sdoKlZ5R%2FA3xkq3aLifhs%2Fm0fmxRiQv6voI%2FXJLkBuf%2BI853IL3YPuaYrzwrm1YIZqIiFV6Sdz1Kc1Ajv%2FwkNqnQXKo6Gu2DPPImbWYI1MYG4ndSXMLs01ZTuoUbmVellglgSDv7pW9eJsR4S1jNoL7bbdvY%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-Dt1e65Yw" style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: #01ffff;">baKG9n</span></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: right;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/305059847700?itmmeta=01HQ7ENEVEMBHPG7VB550RJ9DY&hash=item4706fbde14:g:OioAAOSwB4lkz8uU&itmprp=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4O94w8T6eTEgO0g0ivccmACM0ixnYdH%2FFw7N9xBW91vLW%2FVBnC3jP4esLdJsMXY0gvqUdRIBU25Q2TisS%2BKq7iIa9cengjHubaKG9nsDQn4FGkYyeAv%2BJeRYAEn%2BA0PBYXVz9WpN0Ip32l12sdoKlZ5R%2FA3xkq3aLifhs%2Fm0fmxRiQv6voI%2FXJLkBuf%2BI853IL3YPuaYrzwrm1YIZqIiFV6Sdz1Kc1Ajv%2FwkNqnQXKo6Gu2DPPImbWYI1MYG4ndSXMLs01ZTuoUbmVellglgSDv7pW9eJsR4S1jNoL7bbdvY%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR-Dt1e65Yw"><span style="color: #01ffff; 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font-size: large;">eBay item description </span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3soo_ai63EVDomuJwxwqvFEm7Q8ieu8JShxBDStZIJlEQmViY2vfUCyhOHfAgrf810A4_ytImmibDEpaf69k43KpCGQ2tvI5Ig4TQ02QWqvqiYz_LwHOuGuOOBszWZrQSRuJbg2UeCDMArrEv9bq-pnFi5EM98xDghldzO9shs0Ah1j2Qkc855bUKbM/s1650/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20at%2010.45.48%20PM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="510" data-original-width="1650" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg3soo_ai63EVDomuJwxwqvFEm7Q8ieu8JShxBDStZIJlEQmViY2vfUCyhOHfAgrf810A4_ytImmibDEpaf69k43KpCGQ2tvI5Ig4TQ02QWqvqiYz_LwHOuGuOOBszWZrQSRuJbg2UeCDMArrEv9bq-pnFi5EM98xDghldzO9shs0Ah1j2Qkc855bUKbM/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-21%20at%2010.45.48%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04590</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-655162796838043382024-02-21T05:01:00.089-05:002024-02-21T05:01:00.137-05:00My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Winter 2024<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Moment </i>magazine's</span><i style="font-family: verdana;"> </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cartoon Caption Contest for the Winter 2024 issue depicts a figure skater who has just carved a star of David into the ice. My captions are shown below. The drawing is by </span><span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01; font-family: verdana;">Benjamin Schwartz.</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRQqm_3A574PevcJJyWx7CUMI2yRrmZMdhcWTpXgmR7YXJOveVE-MeeJxMxqBehWJjp1fPrE5T1ZLWUfEqr-d5HcaxnfFEQzZE2j1z5WipFxqjFyd_ETG8Tgoip2Jf925i91TTueaK5DOd5ZvIWPJ_7R4bXDHVIxb1e9USOIiv_xkzogplUosbmi7BbI/s1000/cartoon.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1000" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmRQqm_3A574PevcJJyWx7CUMI2yRrmZMdhcWTpXgmR7YXJOveVE-MeeJxMxqBehWJjp1fPrE5T1ZLWUfEqr-d5HcaxnfFEQzZE2j1z5WipFxqjFyd_ETG8Tgoip2Jf925i91TTueaK5DOd5ZvIWPJ_7R4bXDHVIxb1e9USOIiv_xkzogplUosbmi7BbI/s16000/cartoon.webp" /></span></i></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">"Well, <u>I</u> give you a 10."<br />"It's very nice, but let's see you daven."<br />"No way that was a triple Axel."<br />"There's not a chance of making Google Earth."<br />"Now let's drive away with the Zamboni."</span></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04589</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-76846363840472851022024-02-19T00:01:00.043-05:002024-03-15T20:15:17.966-04:00My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #885<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two snowmen are getting pugilistic in </span><i style="font-family: verdana;">The New Yorker </i><span style="font-family: verdana;">Cartoon Caption Contest #885 from the issue of February 12 & 19, 2024, and one of them has lost his head. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>My caption is shown below. The drawing is by </span><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span><span><span style="background-color: black;">Pia Guerra</span></span></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> and </span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span><span><span style="background-color: black;">Ian Boothby.</span></span></span></span></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iziKKJusrPAbLTBKXTG9nbrkapHfh97Ti238efpycXEf86X6AU39VZxzdoAI_Q6uV98xsOBgqnb9U1-AWWOjCYI8REudU33n1tmepk9Qzp_L9VAJqn0rojL0_oSerefZyb6-WJRSrSGz-Xrl2aACH_joXMyzEeTAV_7CwIXEohEet8qav6IK9T2UQWs/s1160/240212_a28459_885.webp" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1053" data-original-width="1160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9iziKKJusrPAbLTBKXTG9nbrkapHfh97Ti238efpycXEf86X6AU39VZxzdoAI_Q6uV98xsOBgqnb9U1-AWWOjCYI8REudU33n1tmepk9Qzp_L9VAJqn0rojL0_oSerefZyb6-WJRSrSGz-Xrl2aACH_joXMyzEeTAV_7CwIXEohEet8qav6IK9T2UQWs/s16000/240212_a28459_885.webp" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><i>"It's only a technical knock-off."</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />March 2, 2024 Update:</b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The Finalists</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJMTW9fhO2fy5Hcz1xlEGvj5p7S1_-sUxWIte-JfLJ1Zw4VHdCVdXy7OaIK9A5pmWeVxhNvUUsJCBq7bbw1xSI_XoCecFPZWHsAShyI1tV-1VfVqmI_hV10fwFbb8j30zMx4OBCuI0uDIqhGQlsPopw6-WhddGKVt820XTshAvp_7ZG6QE7HJkqcXCBw/s1720/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%207.18.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1674" data-original-width="1720" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJJMTW9fhO2fy5Hcz1xlEGvj5p7S1_-sUxWIte-JfLJ1Zw4VHdCVdXy7OaIK9A5pmWeVxhNvUUsJCBq7bbw1xSI_XoCecFPZWHsAShyI1tV-1VfVqmI_hV10fwFbb8j30zMx4OBCuI0uDIqhGQlsPopw6-WhddGKVt820XTshAvp_7ZG6QE7HJkqcXCBw/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-02%20at%207.18.56%E2%80%AFPM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" />March 9, 2024 Update:</b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> I voted for the caption from Norristown.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b><br /></b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400; font-family: verdana;"><b>March 15, 2024 Update:</b></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> The Winner</span></span></p><p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGhZq5ar3blCafhh97q3sgGAVMfjY-qpxQ7J0cAcD-26g0dRfiIVGxfO8kZCWnjP5eDaLcSSp7AL7f1lZ1n4dqMM2auJSwImu2K_InIoBIMGsXTOfwoC9VqMjSAYBbGvjbFyhyphenhyphenyCUb5gzgTyDkzhQQ81YUL5IVvQz1FPhyphenhyphenM7hgWtccdd9zddGfE3lNVk/s1786/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%208.01.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1786" data-original-width="1254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoGhZq5ar3blCafhh97q3sgGAVMfjY-qpxQ7J0cAcD-26g0dRfiIVGxfO8kZCWnjP5eDaLcSSp7AL7f1lZ1n4dqMM2auJSwImu2K_InIoBIMGsXTOfwoC9VqMjSAYBbGvjbFyhyphenhyphenyCUb5gzgTyDkzhQQ81YUL5IVvQz1FPhyphenhyphenM7hgWtccdd9zddGfE3lNVk/s16000/Screenshot%202024-03-15%20at%208.01.06%E2%80%AFPM.png" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: large;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04588</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-34570785794453135562024-02-16T19:01:00.000-05:002024-02-17T19:08:53.527-05:00Ed Arno and Warren Miller, et al., From the Collection of Paul P. Goldberg<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">One has to admire the zeal of collector Paul P. Goldberg, who sent out hundreds of self-addressed blank postal cards to a great many of the cartoonists of his day. The present set of twenty date from the years 1966 to 1974, a time when Goldberg moved from Philadelphia to Plymouth Meeting. There are two <i>New Yorker</i> names here. <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Ed Arno's</span> drawing may or may not predate his first appearance in the magazine in 1969, which was permitted only after the passing of his near-namesake <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Peter Arno</span> in 1968. <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Warren Miller</span> is represented as well with a bold and bearded self-portrait.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Well-known panel cartoonists <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Lawrence Lariar</span> and <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">George Dole</span> are included; neither ever had their work appear in <i>The New Yorker.</i> <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Jean-Claude Suares,</span> the first art director of T<i>he</i> <i>New York Times's</i> Op-Ed page, has drawn his nose as a pen nib much as <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Arnold Roth</span> did <span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/01/arnold-roth-from-collection-of-paul-p.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">elsewhere</span></a></span> in the Goldberg collection. One wonders, with this assortment of talented cartoonists, what proportion of the sale price of $135.50 owes to the presence of <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Brad Anderson's</span> big dog Marmaduke.</span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1wG4qrmYECSpQ9K3n7kHuo1IQq2naEwjemeVNPZJ5zaSjbJJRHF0pwdI1Cu_uBeuNpnqD6EQ7zjiUwsBlkLWKMbqzbSKmAdS3ZFmKEFWjRGrCB6rzySbkb0PGBmnOHsZzjtc8vKIspm8wqTPUUs4MfhR4763ENqHIjGribbRN4517Df6oi8H8vpJn_8/s1600/s-l1600%20(29).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="1404" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1wG4qrmYECSpQ9K3n7kHuo1IQq2naEwjemeVNPZJ5zaSjbJJRHF0pwdI1Cu_uBeuNpnqD6EQ7zjiUwsBlkLWKMbqzbSKmAdS3ZFmKEFWjRGrCB6rzySbkb0PGBmnOHsZzjtc8vKIspm8wqTPUUs4MfhR4763ENqHIjGribbRN4517Df6oi8H8vpJn_8/s16000/s-l1600%20(29).jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJaHC3CHEvQBq6C1nsHegyO9F9OEiJP4VGEMgG_evv3K0va_bhAaopMKtOMqr_NPORvPBH3L2ia96Cs9asnfri-VQIXVC0fBM3vP3UUizDo94dlDwWOr_yd4FeesXdoJyAfpNdH2l8DOZLHbXYTdvTWCKsgbGVNbwsRn0QdYOJ-QVH-YbB3wulw3x101E/s1600/s-l1600%20(30).jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="646" data-original-width="2160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnfCWb0jHrZqeJRnqJZhQm8tvWyknce_7pnNPTg-T8ptG_J-LxCTihBWUcICnzkvBwMiHtbLsUSczgphcY_A5DTYJHQ-Q61i0CRXIzOlOKnpPmoQXsib-3lJeb_QsLJvwcy-fHdmY2L0_Ak052q-eR_9hZu_xI_OFV2sdA6-VPRG_Sus2gull3LTh4wo4/s16000/Screenshot%202024-02-16%20at%2010.18.57%20PM.png" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: black; color: #ffa400;"><b>Note:</b></span> I don't make any of this up. <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Michael Maslin's</span> "The Two Arnos" from 2008 appears online at <i>The New Yorker's</i> website <span style="background-color: black;"><a href="https://www.newyorker.com/cartoons/bob-mankoff/the-two-arnos" target="_blank"><span style="color: #01ffff;">here.</span></a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04587</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-7586900822012697772024-02-16T18:01:00.003-05:002024-02-17T13:09:20.743-05:00Iceland 2024: Some Final Photos of Reykjavík,<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"> After a week in Iceland, one is bound to have a few leftover images of Reykjavík. These are mine:</span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3t0hnACwvQ_pdK3rSYwAHJDjC8JUYVrPKGPLK9lXYLa7v9X5GtRFjNpw07Ed7LQruMKbazvlSz3UqSACZZr8UlZS5hStFX61Sqvj8bPf-Cxb621ftgXTWSldl8ROViUHqPhJr-0vpcb9MGXNfYNw1VsUyl3NoFRw-zBKiCQuVSEtQywDJI1QA4hYJos/s16000/IMG_2094.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Tjörnin waterfowl</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO3t0hnACwvQ_pdK3rSYwAHJDjC8JUYVrPKGPLK9lXYLa7v9X5GtRFjNpw07Ed7LQruMKbazvlSz3UqSACZZr8UlZS5hStFX61Sqvj8bPf-Cxb621ftgXTWSldl8ROViUHqPhJr-0vpcb9MGXNfYNw1VsUyl3NoFRw-zBKiCQuVSEtQywDJI1QA4hYJos/s4032/IMG_2094.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"> </a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98iNmur5JVCzu8dwuJx1g3lG4mNfHAwGEyjPUwc5lCun24WW8xQDvk4fN9YidD0rRY8B6dFTpwnPar03wPSJpzsez0Fm-JZ1C1EJbQfLe7gNMFUJsX3pb8z_vgLJu7RodHuX-XeN0Yh2RVPCLJixb8xk3-26qgqYiOhzRxITHZ_rcF79EVNo-2thoYwQ/s4032/IMG_0982.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98iNmur5JVCzu8dwuJx1g3lG4mNfHAwGEyjPUwc5lCun24WW8xQDvk4fN9YidD0rRY8B6dFTpwnPar03wPSJpzsez0Fm-JZ1C1EJbQfLe7gNMFUJsX3pb8z_vgLJu7RodHuX-XeN0Yh2RVPCLJixb8xk3-26qgqYiOhzRxITHZ_rcF79EVNo-2thoYwQ/s16000/IMG_0982.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><div style="background-color: #141414; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Horfur [Prospect]</i> (2000) revisited in daylight</span></span></div><div style="background-color: #141414; color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir</span></span></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GiOVLZmu4JIMvMTxxC4yFppCPOVY_mmwd05pY8XZXO7ld48f13w_Atsy2evkNdj4NpT989rT9XaswijYj4p0aY8SvQE7xSuLAe2RWKDOwQ3qXOdlV8YRDCV4fYts-4G_cwx5UU9M7AJ_lhMHMsHOshLeE627hvfUELE56a_R86Bq3ukT7cGeQOWHG4I/s4032/IMG_1033.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_GiOVLZmu4JIMvMTxxC4yFppCPOVY_mmwd05pY8XZXO7ld48f13w_Atsy2evkNdj4NpT989rT9XaswijYj4p0aY8SvQE7xSuLAe2RWKDOwQ3qXOdlV8YRDCV4fYts-4G_cwx5UU9M7AJ_lhMHMsHOshLeE627hvfUELE56a_R86Bq3ukT7cGeQOWHG4I/s16000/IMG_1033.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Surveying the square</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOMM8AUPJxRdNchXawRl6TYqXgRvKycs1JVsLhJYzeo9x0o5KwFtkocypZ-G6FZAsRV1IyN8yFHoBzDvcbn9g0ZPlElnM4elSYZ-r2O_2sKqFo8CN-Q0Olxvi6u1jpQ-sfd8QjuIXH2ciRFnrdfFbQUtSdKfrBBnYQFqqxu7ef_Re1080vMGl1ttyHs4/s5712/IMG_1034.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOMM8AUPJxRdNchXawRl6TYqXgRvKycs1JVsLhJYzeo9x0o5KwFtkocypZ-G6FZAsRV1IyN8yFHoBzDvcbn9g0ZPlElnM4elSYZ-r2O_2sKqFo8CN-Q0Olxvi6u1jpQ-sfd8QjuIXH2ciRFnrdfFbQUtSdKfrBBnYQFqqxu7ef_Re1080vMGl1ttyHs4/s16000/IMG_1034.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The same view, zooming out</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufvBPhg8Lg-SLMTPd0C35ayGIv9t9-7EiZXDq3BLSDgJx-QA4VI4sm50UpledK7XCpnpUokagkd0P69UaTAtBRHUJEZrqwevRfxhDZbTGPZLqkcCgSyCw8LC8tVswYK7WsmaqcP1LOSnlDoIIAU94xoq8pOpFCrUQFfm5O_47z5KQ6ONw8kkA7F2gTD0/s5712/IMG_1071.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhufvBPhg8Lg-SLMTPd0C35ayGIv9t9-7EiZXDq3BLSDgJx-QA4VI4sm50UpledK7XCpnpUokagkd0P69UaTAtBRHUJEZrqwevRfxhDZbTGPZLqkcCgSyCw8LC8tVswYK7WsmaqcP1LOSnlDoIIAU94xoq8pOpFCrUQFfm5O_47z5KQ6ONw8kkA7F2gTD0/s16000/IMG_1071.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Parliament is on the left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1VcAPnB6JsO7TwMbx1ONe03AB2oQ3mi4wc24Y9PQ_sDcXPKCggGqkrE2Pjxqv_G3UxwP8yD1lVFasaNzy56-fyfNm6h-CiQwkMOWXJnJ_X5bSI3HwbrWfHFnHI-edYHzgqv-P8UYLkh7IjxLo_oMyMYN1FYpmAs_9I8WuUj4iDOs0NNelz9cQ87YUyY/s4032/IMG_0993.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT1VcAPnB6JsO7TwMbx1ONe03AB2oQ3mi4wc24Y9PQ_sDcXPKCggGqkrE2Pjxqv_G3UxwP8yD1lVFasaNzy56-fyfNm6h-CiQwkMOWXJnJ_X5bSI3HwbrWfHFnHI-edYHzgqv-P8UYLkh7IjxLo_oMyMYN1FYpmAs_9I8WuUj4iDOs0NNelz9cQ87YUyY/s16000/IMG_0993.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lava Show</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BCYgfbQY8r-hRUg81U3erAsMsIiQiIfQkV6oehm_GGvmGrFUP522qqb-A3r5qf1l-qNGVYqG1XnGXjD94r8gN5poz9asofaOluQL7Y963ptXOO_hqwKTSxU_QPN4HGGyjuSKW2ktDXHJS3RL3Vq1Yj5Xv2L1aUfkT33do7wsGmxs3EXaJnNCO3hO0b4/s5712/IMG_0979.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_BCYgfbQY8r-hRUg81U3erAsMsIiQiIfQkV6oehm_GGvmGrFUP522qqb-A3r5qf1l-qNGVYqG1XnGXjD94r8gN5poz9asofaOluQL7Y963ptXOO_hqwKTSxU_QPN4HGGyjuSKW2ktDXHJS3RL3Vq1Yj5Xv2L1aUfkT33do7wsGmxs3EXaJnNCO3hO0b4/s16000/IMG_0979.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Settlement Exhibition</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqfxGlGaiAahJ3ItSJ3pEpj9nkutU9R16x6AfbPus_YovknA9JQQrn4DApc5Ojdg4894pFndMmFDK72BoD_WLdw7mEU4RpnlWLN6jByOCCbFXohZypsQpIlfnbjXJvd-0wXIm_BxP28JdC3Uw0O0wpTTa6_uwJXh23xuNDcDA0tKj_rAFluvFeYxZnds/s5712/IMG_0976.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiqfxGlGaiAahJ3ItSJ3pEpj9nkutU9R16x6AfbPus_YovknA9JQQrn4DApc5Ojdg4894pFndMmFDK72BoD_WLdw7mEU4RpnlWLN6jByOCCbFXohZypsQpIlfnbjXJvd-0wXIm_BxP28JdC3Uw0O0wpTTa6_uwJXh23xuNDcDA0tKj_rAFluvFeYxZnds/s16000/IMG_0976.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Settlement Exhibition: A model of the longhouse with its actual base filling the room behind it</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNt-xJrBwCM0hk8mQiH4e8vFGGyuNBU6fdKHk7KpZlZmKEghF8Xb5fklBxV-AwKYSF_4jhUVIuDHsDEJ74jbhxW6le7U7cPcXA_y9aa_kVh0Gs9Az75EMlyfoIUA05RbUCp6ghrfL01Eb2fraSm1G7Rkkjdwj6Gpei4J5QA-qtdwUDnwfSVhi4jsAL1U/s4032/IMG_0970.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCNt-xJrBwCM0hk8mQiH4e8vFGGyuNBU6fdKHk7KpZlZmKEghF8Xb5fklBxV-AwKYSF_4jhUVIuDHsDEJ74jbhxW6le7U7cPcXA_y9aa_kVh0Gs9Az75EMlyfoIUA05RbUCp6ghrfL01Eb2fraSm1G7Rkkjdwj6Gpei4J5QA-qtdwUDnwfSVhi4jsAL1U/s16000/IMG_0970.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Settlement Exhibition: A plaque in the museum reads, "Geir Vidalin bishop is said to have joked about the cooking in his home:<br />'There are two places where the fire never goes out: at my home, and in Hell.'"</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlxPN1DkMuZUjFPB7dF1jhAi2zWjKHnW0HwC_3ROuDb-6ZljR9TKNtK3BBCY0MxPu7eVZ2oatpwW1C6zGY0FONImxIzQnkkgcl2dafBJTAVCL9REe0DG1lfUhoA2jNNKjWT9bQu-dEYMdqfb871zPs3JLki0zWms6SY8Sp6Sbq-aCQNosP6j0I6LWi1w/s5712/IMG_0966.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlxPN1DkMuZUjFPB7dF1jhAi2zWjKHnW0HwC_3ROuDb-6ZljR9TKNtK3BBCY0MxPu7eVZ2oatpwW1C6zGY0FONImxIzQnkkgcl2dafBJTAVCL9REe0DG1lfUhoA2jNNKjWT9bQu-dEYMdqfb871zPs3JLki0zWms6SY8Sp6Sbq-aCQNosP6j0I6LWi1w/s16000/IMG_0966.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Settlement Exhibition: Bishop's sitting room, 1807-1846</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhol-LOunQrJRSatl-iOQDgekzRP-HJSZWxX9h1mptMnQC6OBkZ8OxTZRRBHBKoi1gZE28-_AftDFp0R_KzNbT2vMtcu1RAXCf0SvT-9-VcqOOdbdqnFn9sPnuu2nRCt8p_qX7BBuNgMeQTGJScs4GotNNtdu9KjVfWTy917i1g82NWC-4de9VaRiEAb28/s5712/IMG_0965.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhol-LOunQrJRSatl-iOQDgekzRP-HJSZWxX9h1mptMnQC6OBkZ8OxTZRRBHBKoi1gZE28-_AftDFp0R_KzNbT2vMtcu1RAXCf0SvT-9-VcqOOdbdqnFn9sPnuu2nRCt8p_qX7BBuNgMeQTGJScs4GotNNtdu9KjVfWTy917i1g82NWC-4de9VaRiEAb28/s16000/IMG_0965.jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Settlement Exhibition: Bishop's bureau, 1807-1846</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzW-hm9NAr1lfic0j08zJ-DD-Nb_aqNF4CW5_v8x7UZjHDNU0RmphhlBP0I8RQt9vBv-SrPR4ypXtGxJ3MbH9VZruyYDP9Qwe2Zx96MJF6N0yHsZ4NtnGy3wzkqGBIgRnONAyuCPECXn6OaY2P3RWDChZeIx0OyQ7qmPlKrr4aGGv8UnxgfP5DqimrpeE/s5712/IMG_0967.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzW-hm9NAr1lfic0j08zJ-DD-Nb_aqNF4CW5_v8x7UZjHDNU0RmphhlBP0I8RQt9vBv-SrPR4ypXtGxJ3MbH9VZruyYDP9Qwe2Zx96MJF6N0yHsZ4NtnGy3wzkqGBIgRnONAyuCPECXn6OaY2P3RWDChZeIx0OyQ7qmPlKrr4aGGv8UnxgfP5DqimrpeE/s16000/IMG_0967.jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: large;">The Settlement Exhibition: Silli & Valdi grocery store, 1927-1975</span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3fyoRxF05333ufLL9oduzbk1Quezf53As6CTMgvVt52Ny5haVCvVlgwfn1nAKlSLfSKKh-y2lDcXaKCFjPvJpj77yIa6NKIFXZJDwxJLX9B4P-dWIlpNs0AWMKzimH9GKjU4epkmg4BaSyyP036Oitq3UfR0M9Nr0yAB3_E8SwY_aHhfWVw1XYnqpvg/s4032/IMG_0963.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgU3fyoRxF05333ufLL9oduzbk1Quezf53As6CTMgvVt52Ny5haVCvVlgwfn1nAKlSLfSKKh-y2lDcXaKCFjPvJpj77yIa6NKIFXZJDwxJLX9B4P-dWIlpNs0AWMKzimH9GKjU4epkmg4BaSyyP036Oitq3UfR0M9Nr0yAB3_E8SwY_aHhfWVw1XYnqpvg/s16000/IMG_0963.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Settlement Exhibition: Comparative 19th century wages</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyPNduufWOc4Kjtw3kuIeX4ikVzxec-oJNphGN9wCUBBNfuisGsASCZ7uwXjz1XWzRlVh5bkEypr2xVjlxCicmrl1bbtl8HvGnMYvDrHR9WHKmajVIhJ5D6547NacwUrnHN51Yr9Rs8FHIbk6Fi_8tHB-idm4ResChRvRQOJ-jrCwgfrQD75p6PW1T0E/s5712/IMG_0973.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTyPNduufWOc4Kjtw3kuIeX4ikVzxec-oJNphGN9wCUBBNfuisGsASCZ7uwXjz1XWzRlVh5bkEypr2xVjlxCicmrl1bbtl8HvGnMYvDrHR9WHKmajVIhJ5D6547NacwUrnHN51Yr9Rs8FHIbk6Fi_8tHB-idm4ResChRvRQOJ-jrCwgfrQD75p6PW1T0E/s16000/IMG_0973.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Settlement Exhibition: Walrus skull with tusks</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIY-_o8ugVmYs2ZjYacKWazVzWzpcrhOqhRMCEeZacund_SlmugvoKRqRwMB7lYmJ9IKuIZy6fFX_Q9oo_KaZoZz0q7MaaqfT4fw6QbYO1g1wMqS-YzRh2sg-JyGBrCP2E7Sc-mqMN3BctoFGWIYZIc5q5CA4_AglYfBTspz6Z7ayPrsXEPOAhExpHMQ/s4032/IMG_0955.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbIY-_o8ugVmYs2ZjYacKWazVzWzpcrhOqhRMCEeZacund_SlmugvoKRqRwMB7lYmJ9IKuIZy6fFX_Q9oo_KaZoZz0q7MaaqfT4fw6QbYO1g1wMqS-YzRh2sg-JyGBrCP2E7Sc-mqMN3BctoFGWIYZIc5q5CA4_AglYfBTspz6Z7ayPrsXEPOAhExpHMQ/s16000/IMG_0955.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Coke Hore <i>[sic]</i></span></td></tr></tbody></table><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04586</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-52165535359848441752024-02-15T00:01:00.047-05:002024-02-18T17:59:40.991-05:00Iceland 2024: The Northern Lights<p><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The skies over Reykjavík were overcast the entire week we were in town and the boat tour we had booked to experience the northern lights was canceled more than once. When it was our last night in Iceland, January 26th, and the boat was canceled yet again, we did what any reasonable group of adventurers would do: we booked instead a land tour by passenger van, the one with the homemade hot chocolate and the cinnamon buns. When we called, we learned that the hot chocolate machine had broken down</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">. Some travelers might consider that a bad omen.</span></span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-juMBPK_hzIrw2wTwjsdd16cUgjqxbKubCz8zsN-X_8TZA-J5UKMR-u9sjkUio7IuS1n-EBVoKkAv5htAKMcxKh0vqCrGR8Dgq8z4lGhBcQ-x0FmKrL_R8nUzDoW9zV3WXCRZr7a1CAxL0fAlZkdIsGAO_KOqbIqluonZKgxmMizZzaBXVG7a2HG2DLY/s4032/IMG_1052.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-juMBPK_hzIrw2wTwjsdd16cUgjqxbKubCz8zsN-X_8TZA-J5UKMR-u9sjkUio7IuS1n-EBVoKkAv5htAKMcxKh0vqCrGR8Dgq8z4lGhBcQ-x0FmKrL_R8nUzDoW9zV3WXCRZr7a1CAxL0fAlZkdIsGAO_KOqbIqluonZKgxmMizZzaBXVG7a2HG2DLY/s16000/IMG_1052.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">No aurora borealis in sight</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><p></p><p style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-size: large;">The van, I faintly recall, went to three sites searching for the elusive lights in areas where there were breaks in the clouds. The lights tend to come and go, and they can be fleeting. Eventually, though, they revealed themselves.</span><p></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8S_TpfzgEQdD5yyJiCV2zeDGAUaWiA5Co_dxPpw9zzKBy6qNeZVdWmFLtLgo0DZq0xsUE9Z9h4meGg9f_iMc9y18eSavGxviRz6ZuGpF0OAZZ5KHhn_oP0FNrgAttsihNGlvS4swVMYXUL1z-wDizpW-3-rSVJd89URHXWHClvyEFXrpbTW262J1A6OY/s4032/IMG_1053.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8S_TpfzgEQdD5yyJiCV2zeDGAUaWiA5Co_dxPpw9zzKBy6qNeZVdWmFLtLgo0DZq0xsUE9Z9h4meGg9f_iMc9y18eSavGxviRz6ZuGpF0OAZZ5KHhn_oP0FNrgAttsihNGlvS4swVMYXUL1z-wDizpW-3-rSVJd89URHXWHClvyEFXrpbTW262J1A6OY/s16000/IMG_1053.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">No northern lights yet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPhLELgpVqGO9YhRoHDBuqgWIxw9-2WcVg2gBOn0nieMvGqc8gKc40D6_3pqxQlL72-Z7dJ54ljSWVCGZ1JMpow12hMrb9XLB9mGrVeQJ576ox0jRI61g752d0RsqsnQZXVcCUQtAc0pH9aDvw_9BK1D2FoCqqwAyK0Hmu2VPVZdnV6KnmDsrHrL_wSc/s4032/IMG_1054.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqPhLELgpVqGO9YhRoHDBuqgWIxw9-2WcVg2gBOn0nieMvGqc8gKc40D6_3pqxQlL72-Z7dJ54ljSWVCGZ1JMpow12hMrb9XLB9mGrVeQJ576ox0jRI61g752d0RsqsnQZXVcCUQtAc0pH9aDvw_9BK1D2FoCqqwAyK0Hmu2VPVZdnV6KnmDsrHrL_wSc/s16000/IMG_1054.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Northern lights</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cHEADwMo13NNeEB1SC8VYDOKoFnvAZbJ4zSDz5norKz0UvOYyf2ksWmVSk_KjwobDPPzsQq4bvIMfUE6Bwsx72c05eZ12Qy0lpeA1AB3f4DQrvatrszGof8yCXdGcUJbvb6n-sW-tZZFFuDLKwwQyWxazeYk9LqLr4IbF18stRvJYrAHja9c55eBqrc/s4032/IMG_1062.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3cHEADwMo13NNeEB1SC8VYDOKoFnvAZbJ4zSDz5norKz0UvOYyf2ksWmVSk_KjwobDPPzsQq4bvIMfUE6Bwsx72c05eZ12Qy0lpeA1AB3f4DQrvatrszGof8yCXdGcUJbvb6n-sW-tZZFFuDLKwwQyWxazeYk9LqLr4IbF18stRvJYrAHja9c55eBqrc/s16000/IMG_1062.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">A last glimpse of the aurora</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04585</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-9885936612812191172024-02-14T00:01:00.012-05:002024-02-14T00:35:57.551-05:00Disney Trading Pin: Mouse Hands Holding a Heart<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Those gloves! They're unmistakeable, but are they his or hers? Does it even matter? A very simple Disney Trading Pin makes its case for love. Happy Valentine's Day.</span></p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: right;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0phJvWZOWa-aCExuDr-QqxfVktuUj_lmFJIR_K2iXkMy_f2kn_8X2_R2As3trDKWAX6GyrKexMRApF_0WIHLLF5oJFO0yw4uRqnHi1jBmmg9UxApJTvomd5PwX9HFjL0RqePPYGM4NREQKKgAZ0yedDFjfBdRHnIF839zSTwQjTfOq4O-ZlX3LN8/s500/s-l500%20(1).jpg" style="background-color: black; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="500" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV0phJvWZOWa-aCExuDr-QqxfVktuUj_lmFJIR_K2iXkMy_f2kn_8X2_R2As3trDKWAX6GyrKexMRApF_0WIHLLF5oJFO0yw4uRqnHi1jBmmg9UxApJTvomd5PwX9HFjL0RqePPYGM4NREQKKgAZ0yedDFjfBdRHnIF839zSTwQjTfOq4O-ZlX3LN8/w640-h640/s-l500%20(1).jpg" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: right;"><span style="background-color: black; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><a href="https://www.ebay.com/itm/Disney-DLR-Mickey-Hands-holding-Heart-I-love-Mickey-Pin-UH-6951-/374397774490?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276"><span style="color: #01ffff;">https://www.ebay.com/itm/Disney-DLR-Mickey-Hands-holding-Heart-I-love-Mickey-Pin-UH-6951-/374397774490?&_trksid=p2056016.l4276</span></a></span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: right;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyiqkeiIz0D2nijh2XguIo9P6H0k_4fKmoHzO8Mm5x1SkfWR0ZHSJN-GS7Xk_24tzj4mxtaEcxmiYGBcetvLkpUC453zMObA19Pz5b9T_Qbi9_jqrjpsXR3TX0X5hA7bRge67vw7FEIAQSDhRlFvSlNYP8wSSw6m0qmO-BkDE5kCS2uy5FgvBZwW8/s1860/Screenshot%202023-02-12%20at%2010.42.51%20AM.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="532" data-original-width="1860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRyiqkeiIz0D2nijh2XguIo9P6H0k_4fKmoHzO8Mm5x1SkfWR0ZHSJN-GS7Xk_24tzj4mxtaEcxmiYGBcetvLkpUC453zMObA19Pz5b9T_Qbi9_jqrjpsXR3TX0X5hA7bRge67vw7FEIAQSDhRlFvSlNYP8wSSw6m0qmO-BkDE5kCS2uy5FgvBZwW8/s16000/Screenshot%202023-02-12%20at%2010.42.51%20AM.png" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04584</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-2879078939569007292024-02-13T00:01:00.034-05:002024-02-14T00:18:03.084-05:00Iceland 2024: Hallgrímskirkja<span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The Church of Iceland's Hallgrímskirkja dominates the skyline of Reykjavík. The denomination is Lutheran. Its outline recalls the pipes of an organ. In front of the nations largest church stands a statue of Leif Erikson by <span style="background-color: black; color: #fcff01;">Alexander Stirling Calder,</span> a gift from the United States in 1930 to honor the thousandth anniversary of the nation's Althing or parliament. 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">We visited the site on January 26.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /><br /></span><div><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04583</span></p></div></div>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-46664538331245149802024-02-12T00:01:00.002-05:002024-02-17T20:00:09.409-05:00Iceland 2024: Thingvellir National Park<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Iceland's frequent volcanic and seismic activity is due to it's location at the juncture of the North American and Eurasian tectonic plates. These plates are separating at the geologically significant rate of two centimeters a year. You can see the site of the growing rift at the Thingvellir National Park.</span></p><p style="text-align: center;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYI5a43mV9TSQZEeQp406IQy5vpTqo7b_nWqznUmFWJGKHoF-DEzRwXSZ8lP37A8U56KipabOTg86AxTqFVXJgURkOpV-inbSgAOdGrJCDqSNVlG2XqHn0d7uxR-3cwjeD0HVk-DZVhBEjHJ520bK1Y6w_MZ8o3fh6zmL1xbDZFn5QVCll63Xr0BlK0_k/s5712/IMG_0926.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYI5a43mV9TSQZEeQp406IQy5vpTqo7b_nWqznUmFWJGKHoF-DEzRwXSZ8lP37A8U56KipabOTg86AxTqFVXJgURkOpV-inbSgAOdGrJCDqSNVlG2XqHn0d7uxR-3cwjeD0HVk-DZVhBEjHJ520bK1Y6w_MZ8o3fh6zmL1xbDZFn5QVCll63Xr0BlK0_k/s16000/IMG_0926.jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The North American tectonic plate is on the left and the Eurasian plate is on the right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UW0xlCkQ14Yw2n2jrPv4ZGV0Cfg8Js5yyfMlC6Qg-4ywqBDYGEuie2ywKrcrs1_X-xcRn5bU-wIeOHBmGIiMUiKAofgFZAeowUIV9lXQ6CXUbV876WGMp3pzTmhg__g4ddCbg2Ru6m9i6sWmuAXwsMs_A9QlkprZpBUa4Y9dOuLvw0GmqXC_org5NDE/s5712/IMG_0930.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1UW0xlCkQ14Yw2n2jrPv4ZGV0Cfg8Js5yyfMlC6Qg-4ywqBDYGEuie2ywKrcrs1_X-xcRn5bU-wIeOHBmGIiMUiKAofgFZAeowUIV9lXQ6CXUbV876WGMp3pzTmhg__g4ddCbg2Ru6m9i6sWmuAXwsMs_A9QlkprZpBUa4Y9dOuLvw0GmqXC_org5NDE/s16000/IMG_0930.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAxNMdG0lOS7VHmn5iHbXc21tghDM5jDsowOrmjiQqFM-zX1t-wr9HCqU_XRvWn6GfXdfcihSW4HD8SWuKFtO_eNAjVJBqcACI71nTIY2tvFq_tdHqaN1dELc_-FzmUw8y-MPIKrE9N96VNSMnU7POuwCfnzUkqJlnOMKuLb8THcbzgmuRVazF29OyK4/s5712/IMG_0932.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAxNMdG0lOS7VHmn5iHbXc21tghDM5jDsowOrmjiQqFM-zX1t-wr9HCqU_XRvWn6GfXdfcihSW4HD8SWuKFtO_eNAjVJBqcACI71nTIY2tvFq_tdHqaN1dELc_-FzmUw8y-MPIKrE9N96VNSMnU7POuwCfnzUkqJlnOMKuLb8THcbzgmuRVazF29OyK4/s16000/IMG_0932.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Lying in the rift valley, Thingvallavatn is the largest natural lake in Iceland.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzd9-wmarQN9jTKV720Et_Z-r72_12eKpCCK67r6rrfc3qsOqQp-d8DTEiWCC1dQ39LBRg_ZXo8VcLcZJhGgjKKYnvxdxGTec_KccyREDrHFFD9DRkaDMDJ8ZemYnDdk8_H9-mnfxtF-JjPvDgmAmvcjcDhVYUQahoaUUk13goSWny625eGS67anBDSs/s5712/IMG_0935.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDzd9-wmarQN9jTKV720Et_Z-r72_12eKpCCK67r6rrfc3qsOqQp-d8DTEiWCC1dQ39LBRg_ZXo8VcLcZJhGgjKKYnvxdxGTec_KccyREDrHFFD9DRkaDMDJ8ZemYnDdk8_H9-mnfxtF-JjPvDgmAmvcjcDhVYUQahoaUUk13goSWny625eGS67anBDSs/s16000/IMG_0935.jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">When a hole in a gravel footpath opened up in 2011, it was excavated to reveal a large fissure.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosnGu8tlE3Wd57jKGWUzrdCkKlgHXY2E6DBaNsMtJmmqt0HaWYt0Byhfvp5bOE9ugCxlFBmmcP2mKd1HI0ZE-LfnB_7diAUi6Xy1Qio45hXtWbWlRY1pGvEjBaPa4UPwzOuRMuSbYcbF7KaOpQxnrCYtXNJfrOqAwudtEw3nIxgIA69mOLU0_Orz0Hds/s4032/IMG_0937.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhosnGu8tlE3Wd57jKGWUzrdCkKlgHXY2E6DBaNsMtJmmqt0HaWYt0Byhfvp5bOE9ugCxlFBmmcP2mKd1HI0ZE-LfnB_7diAUi6Xy1Qio45hXtWbWlRY1pGvEjBaPa4UPwzOuRMuSbYcbF7KaOpQxnrCYtXNJfrOqAwudtEw3nIxgIA69mOLU0_Orz0Hds/s16000/IMG_0937.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The wooden footbridge on the right has replaced the old gravel path.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnIcuEgjRe_05abjAVTQrO2S9_HeMPVIw-hu9oOd9FTSnM_aOlc9DyFGan7QgxoP7_B73QzPrj8hCC964fC_irSruuPYEw7ipDDu2uj_WrenxPW0W7CKShAePxHtVbpb37Me5aEjJ_aFmxg8a66VKlGzBuPfYX7N2Icv0VfW7Lwkv1cPPqEPoczbNOlQ/s4032/IMG_0939.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjnIcuEgjRe_05abjAVTQrO2S9_HeMPVIw-hu9oOd9FTSnM_aOlc9DyFGan7QgxoP7_B73QzPrj8hCC964fC_irSruuPYEw7ipDDu2uj_WrenxPW0W7CKShAePxHtVbpb37Me5aEjJ_aFmxg8a66VKlGzBuPfYX7N2Icv0VfW7Lwkv1cPPqEPoczbNOlQ/s16000/IMG_0939.jpeg" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Again, that's the North American tectonic plate on the left and the Eurasian on the right.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEo9RroHdLakIAil3bNL7FSLWCthQulxqzJsLQaltFPiqaxQVhvsGSpLcALM0-YePnjv7nx1NPSUFBbm8GOkC3YWY1g3K49Ir_kSIO6oOPCm-iIOaO5BXT6vzFOsJ62APH1GjTeaQr_xCraCSeTsNW4xLkM-5i9UHY0V1hMqrbWYsY28fUgQyYaExqe9g/s5712/IMG_0940.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEo9RroHdLakIAil3bNL7FSLWCthQulxqzJsLQaltFPiqaxQVhvsGSpLcALM0-YePnjv7nx1NPSUFBbm8GOkC3YWY1g3K49Ir_kSIO6oOPCm-iIOaO5BXT6vzFOsJ62APH1GjTeaQr_xCraCSeTsNW4xLkM-5i9UHY0V1hMqrbWYsY28fUgQyYaExqe9g/s16000/IMG_0940.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Walking back, the Eurasian plate is now on the left.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrMdSVOXZtvXXFPF-NpHzcZDqCR8cVZ8By9R6NJ_cIFJOCltS2DLMHyRon8HkWrOZGawY33qMqGNTizfsUDmj2Y_cwjsBSANmZBF38oGFkNqcz7gLiWuXURn33V1-w0j3us8I-Blo4h44MQ3ZKUwjarbiNGDyEphPvqbm34zIBxOeqZPUkMquM7WeTps/s5712/IMG_0946.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQrMdSVOXZtvXXFPF-NpHzcZDqCR8cVZ8By9R6NJ_cIFJOCltS2DLMHyRon8HkWrOZGawY33qMqGNTizfsUDmj2Y_cwjsBSANmZBF38oGFkNqcz7gLiWuXURn33V1-w0j3us8I-Blo4h44MQ3ZKUwjarbiNGDyEphPvqbm34zIBxOeqZPUkMquM7WeTps/s16000/IMG_0946.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">Will this rift eventually split Iceland into two separate islands? Stay tuned.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><br /></span></p><p style="text-align: right;"><span style="color: #999999; font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04582</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8747226941560881392.post-51522924361261996872024-02-10T00:01:00.013-05:002024-03-16T12:08:09.183-04:00Iceland 2024: Gullfoss<p><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">On January 25th, our day tour of Iceland's Golden Circle continued at Gullfoss, which translates to Golden Falls, or so Wikipedia informs me. The impressive river is largely glacial runoff.</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1HFkDwHntBGqsX8S14YrQ5Ee0G2MG93v7H0UsseQIXt-vMxylqYf-u-I3sAko2beKmoiXshh1j1C0m5SPkYitbPEnHtb34dcz2nf9givjA-ugmSK6xffeuLgMY0qJSkHifsUAyG9V7ahyW8XxLzw89wcstPKPVlmQ8vmjQ5ViT4YN9wVXEmvqvKh-D4/s5712/IMG_0834.jpeg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="5712" data-original-width="4284" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO1HFkDwHntBGqsX8S14YrQ5Ee0G2MG93v7H0UsseQIXt-vMxylqYf-u-I3sAko2beKmoiXshh1j1C0m5SPkYitbPEnHtb34dcz2nf9givjA-ugmSK6xffeuLgMY0qJSkHifsUAyG9V7ahyW8XxLzw89wcstPKPVlmQ8vmjQ5ViT4YN9wVXEmvqvKh-D4/s16000/IMG_0834.jpeg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: large;">The footpath was closed for icy conditions.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaaU2Pmo2EDpOQClRBtVQsKXdiduJRRdzCI6dPUB80IPdn-k9n7O2_1h4fa4VR7BE4BYjQ5ebfkoCRwbZ-OYAdPd9_ruQpWqvsVSrrcSqvQ_sguCMfC2g_PkEq9Z0zYYYJzQ-K2YrgtaFjatSUoM2cttYQ9FCqWCMt-ybn__ppWYMQlhfwiiBU9D7FRI/s5712/IMG_0845.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUaaU2Pmo2EDpOQClRBtVQsKXdiduJRRdzCI6dPUB80IPdn-k9n7O2_1h4fa4VR7BE4BYjQ5ebfkoCRwbZ-OYAdPd9_ruQpWqvsVSrrcSqvQ_sguCMfC2g_PkEq9Z0zYYYJzQ-K2YrgtaFjatSUoM2cttYQ9FCqWCMt-ybn__ppWYMQlhfwiiBU9D7FRI/s16000/IMG_0845.jpeg" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Rx9w0TwH9CI" width="320" youtube-src-id="Rx9w0TwH9CI"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #3d85c6; font-family: verdana; font-size: large;"><b>Gullfoss</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCzc3_0grJpH0hFLsCkucFlCuxf9N33kUfeR8Nb2kPSWvKrhQ6kVZbGRB0dDLfDvIbWhZDXFXOiR9sMn2L6iiooNhr8NaPNsFcjaHlzEVz2A4zTRBcqg4F6xFLaLU7JO1V7-aX1pwYGsQs9VczzZRemUZRcPTuPoH2yREXm0Y2X43kxBtDmcsVdNgM2k/s5712/IMG_0858.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4284" data-original-width="5712" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwCzc3_0grJpH0hFLsCkucFlCuxf9N33kUfeR8Nb2kPSWvKrhQ6kVZbGRB0dDLfDvIbWhZDXFXOiR9sMn2L6iiooNhr8NaPNsFcjaHlzEVz2A4zTRBcqg4F6xFLaLU7JO1V7-aX1pwYGsQs9VczzZRemUZRcPTuPoH2yREXm0Y2X43kxBtDmcsVdNgM2k/s16000/IMG_0858.jpeg" /></a></div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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font-family: verdana; font-size: xx-small;">04581</span></p>docnadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13176391968160060126noreply@blogger.com0