Attempted Bloggery: Pussycats Need Love Too

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Saturday, September 27, 2025

Newton Brand, Jr.,'s Copy of Pussycats Need Love, Too by George Booth

Let's assume, if you will, that the man to whom New Yorker cartoonist George Booth enthusiastically inscribed a copy of his 1980 collection Pussycats Need Love, Too with "For Newton!" was none other than Newton G. Brand, Jr., a collector of such personalized books. Brand was a Texas banker who obtained signed copies of books—by mail at least some of the time. This book was signed in June of 1987, some seven years after it was published, and is an edition created for the National Lyric Opera Company. It has an original Booth drawing of a dog wagging its docked tail.

George Booth
eBay listing accessed September 21, 2025, six days before the auction ended

https://www.ebay.com/itm/376564257976?

George Booth
eBay item description

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Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Blog Post No. 4000: George Booth's Last Call for Stuffed Peppers

George Booth was born on this day in 1926. At 96, he can boast of having published cartoons in The New Yorker over a fifty-three year span, from his first appearance in the June 14, 1969 issue to his latest in the current one of July 4, 2022. An example of original New Yorker cartoon art published seven years into his extraordinary run was recently sold on eBay. True, the washes have faded considerably, but that does bring out the quality of his line. The drawing features a four-man band, an angry and impatient wife, a dog, a cat, a worn area rug, and two bare light bulbs. What more could one want?

"Last call for stuffed peppers or I feed 'em to the dog!"
George Booth
Original art
The New Yorker, September 27, 1976, page 37
Pussycats Need Love, Too, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1980

George Booth
eBay listing ended April 8, 2022

https://www.ebay.com/itm/294910396284?_trkparms=amclksrc%3DITM%26aid%3D111001%26algo%3DREC.SEED%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20160908105057%26meid%3Dfbeefaf7401a4821b7805473b7afcfdf%26pid%3D100675%26rk%3D2%26rkt%3D15%26sd%3D284752258404%26itm%3D294910396284%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D1%26pg%3D2380057&_trksid=p2380057.c100675.m4236&_trkparms=pageci%3A04d4d4d1-b6dc-11ec-a027-46d5eb69bccd%7Cparentrq%3A06cee16d1800a45e3fcb8813fffce33e%7Ciid%3A1

George Booth
eBay item description

Sold for a best offer of $550

"Last call for stuffed peppers or I feed 'em to the dog!"
George Booth
Original art
The New Yorker, September 27, 1976, p. 37
Pussycats Need Love, Too, Dodd, Mead & Co., 1980

A spot by Jeanine[?] and a cartoon by George Booth

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1976-09-27/flipbook/036/

There are many reasons why people buy particular New Yorker cartoon originals. A note sent with the piece from the previous owner reveals just one of them: