A Vip Library

Virgil Partch (1916-1984), better known as Vip, published numerous cartoon collections and illustrated books from the 1940s to the 1970s. Illustrator and collagist Stephen Kroninger has a great many of them in his personal library. He has photographed the covers and shares them with us here.

1945 and 1944

Joe The Wounded Tennis Player by Morton Thompson
with an introduction by Robert Benchley
1945

1951, 1950, 1953
1951, 1954

The Disappearing Buck
Promotional piece
No date

1956

1959

1959 and 1961

1962 and 1955

1964 and 1956

1970

1971

2014 reissue of Partch's drinking cartoons

Scan by Stephen Kroninger

Note:  Thanks to Stephen Kroninger for allowing us VIP access to his Vip library. This is his twenty-eighth contribution to Attempted Bloggery.

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Virgil Partch

Stephen Kroninger

Attempted Bloggery's Bookish Index

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Robert's Copy of The Dead Game Sportsmen by Vip

Robert's copy of The Dead Game Sportsmen (1954) by Virgil Partch (Vip) includes an original ink drawing of…of…well, you'd better see for yourself.

The Dead Game Sportsmen (1954)
Virgil Franklin Partch

Photo by A Friend of the Blog

"Your feet are like ice."
Inscribed "To Robert"
Drawing signed Vip

Photo by A Friend of the Blog

Note:  My thanks to A Friend of the Blog for providing these images.

Hairy Green Eyeball, a.k.a. Harry Lee Green, has much additional material from The Dead Game Sportsmen here.

Just a hint: uniquely signed, inscribed, or especially drawn-upon copies of books by Virgil Partch always make welcome submissions to the blog. They also make nice gifts for hard-working bloggers.

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Vip

Signed Books with Original Drawings

A Friend of the Blog

Attempted Bloggery's Perfectly-Chilled Index

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Babs and Uncle Bill's Copy of The Dead Game Sportsmen by Vip

Vip is the pen name of Virgil Franklin Partch. (Why did I always assumed his middle name started with an I? Ah, well.) The Dead Game Sportsmen is a decidedly offbeat title for a cartoon collection, even for a decidedly offbeat cartoon collection. It was published in 1954, but Babs, Uncle Bill, and kids didn't receive their copy until 1970, inscribed with a tongue-not-in-cheek "Get Well" drawing. Were they all sick?

Virgil Partch
AbeBooks Listing Accessed July 6, 2020

https://www.abebooks.com/signed-first-edition/Dead-Game-Sportsmen-Signed-Drawing-Virgil/7494336460/bd

Note:  At the time of posting, this book is still available for sale on Abe Books.

Hairy Green Eyeball, a.k.a. Harry Lee Green, has some game scans from The Dead Game Sportsmen here.

Just a hint: uniquely signed, inscribed, or drawn upon copies of books by Virgil Partch always make welcome submissions to the blog. They also make nice gifts.

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Vip

Signed Books with Original Drawings

Get Well

Attempted Bloggery's Cure-All Index

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