At MoCCA Fest this past April I stopped by the table of the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund, always a good source for books I didn't know I needed to have. I'm not too familiar with the character Groo, but I like Sergio Aragonés well enough to take a chance on Volume I of Groo: Friends and Foes published in 2015. The story is by Mark Evanier and the art of course is by Aragonés. The book is colored by Tom Luth and lettered by Stan Sakai. With a signed bookplate, it seemed a reasonable time to experience Groo.
Sergio Aragonés,Groo: Friends and Foes, Volume I, 2015
CBLDF bookplate signed by Sergio Aragonés
Note: This is Groo's first appearance on the blog.
An unpublished 2013 cartoon by Matthew Diffee carries a timely warning for Chanukah. The drawing was sold early this year in a charity auction for Usagi Yojimbo creator Stan Sakai and his wife Sharon. A total of fifty bids were placed on eBay. Unfortunately Sharon Sakai passed away just last month succumbing to a brain tumor.
Matthew Diffee,"Wade Greenberg, wearing his hemp blazer, inadvertently
becomes the life of the party when he stands too close to the menorah."
The Comic Art Professional Society, or CAPS, organized a charity auction event on eBay in March to benefit cartoonist Stan Sakai and his wife. Mr. Sakai is the creator of Usagi Yojimbo. Original artwork for a New Yorker cartoon by Jack Ziegler was sold on eBay. It had apparently been donated by fellow cartoonist Lynn Johnston of "For Better or for Worse." Original New Yorker work by Mr. Ziegler doesn't come to the market all that often. While I don't think this one quite ranks among his very best, the selling price of $281.98 is nevertheless a bit underwhelming.
The accompanying letter from 1992 reveals that the New Yorker waited two years before running this cartoon. Mr. Ziegler wrote that the magazine still had a 1975 cartoon of his that hadn't yet been published. I wonder what became of that.
Well... there you have it.
Jack Ziegler,Well...There You Have It. Original artwork for the New Yorker, June 15, 1987, page 83
The eBay auction listing when it had 8 days remaining
Jack Ziegler,Well...There You Have It. Original artwork for the New Yorker, June 15, 1987, page 83
Jack Ziegler,Well...There You Have It.
The New Yorker, June 15, 1987, page 83
Jack Ziegler,Well...There You Have It.
The New Yorker, June 15, 1987, page 83
Looney Tunes, "That's All, Folks"
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