Henry Martin: This Week's Trouble Spots

Henry Martin's nationally-syndicated panel cartoon Good News/Bad News was collected in book form in 1977. Less well-known is his panel strip The Philadelphians which ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer. An original cartoon from 1988 presents a military briefing on "this week's trouble spots." It was first offered on eBay in 2016 priced at $1,295. It remains unsold on the auction site where the price has since been reduced by $500.

"This week's trouble spots seem to be the Gaza Strip, Nicaragua, Panama, the Schuylkill Expressway, the Walnut Street bridge between 23rd and 33rd Streets, the Benjamin Franklin Bridge and I95 in the vicinity of Cottman Avenue."
Henry Martin
The Philadelphians
The Philadelphia Inquirer, August 21, 1988

Caption

The published caption has a hyphen in I-95.

Henry Martin
eBay Listing Accessed December 6, 2016

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Cartoon-Illustration-Henry-Martin-Cartoonist-New-Yorker-Magazine-/141705265267?hash=item20fe4ac073:g:MXsAAOSwT6pVkEkt

Henry Martin
eBay Item Description

Three and a half years later, the asking price has been reduced by $500, but the artwork is still a prime candidate for a lowball Best Offer.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Original-Cartoon-Illustration-Henry-Martin-Cartoonist-New-Yorker-Magazine/142454918247?hash=item212af98c67:g:MXsAAOSwT6pVkEkt

September 17, 2022 Update:  Sold! How low did it go?

Note:  Attempted Bloggery seeks scans or photos of original art by Henry Martin. Trouble spots welcome.

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The Peter Arno of Novelists

In 1930 Wood Kahler, author of a novel called Early to Bed, published Smart Setback. In reviewing it, the Philadelphia Inquirer called Mr. Kahler "the Peter Arno of novelists." Cartoonist Peter Arno, now five years at the New Yorker, had established quite a name for himself. To be worthy of this comparison, one imagines Wood Kahler must have been as witty and sophisticated as Arno, a writer made up of equal parts Fitzgerald and Wodehouse mixed into a perfect cocktail. Alfred A. Knopf, publisher of the novel, was eager to let the New Yorker's readers know of the Inquirer's review.

The New Yorker, November 8, 1930, page 116

Today, Peter Arno remains one of the most famous cartoonists of his generation and is the subject of a new biography. Wood Kahler is forgotten.

Note:  Peter Arno: The Mad, Mad World of The New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist will be released on Tuesday. Author Michael Maslin is a New Yorker cartoonist and the Peter Arno of biographers.

Michael Maslin will join Edward Sorel in conversation on April 18 at Columbia University, the Peter Arno of American academic institutions.

More Arno links:

Peter Arno posts on Ink Spill.

Peter Arno in Chris Wheeler's Cartoon(ist) Gallery. Mr. Wheeler is the Peter Arno of cartoon book collectors.

Peter Arno in April's Vanity Fair.

Peter Arno in a recent Wall Street Journal article.

Peter Arno here on Attempted Bloggery, where I am generally regarded as the Wood Kahler of bloggers.

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