MDLinx Comic Consult #13

The MDLinx Comic Consult is a caption contest open only to doctors with a sense of humor. Prizes are a $100 Amazon gift card for first place, and $50 gift cards for up to four runners up. I won a $50 gift card for contest #12 and immediately spent it, so I'm fired up. This is contest #13 and it features a physician exercising questionable judgment. Five entries are permitted; each of mine is shown below. The cartoon is by Jonny Hawkins.

"Now I'm going to check your reaction time."
"There's nothing to worry about. I hardly ever miss."
"Don't move. My malpractice insurance is riding on this."
"There. That's everything but the informed consent."
"Are you sure you wouldn't rather have a prostate exam?"

December 3, 2023 Update:  The Winner

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Richard Oldden: Luxurious Enough

A group of four original cartoons by Richard Oldden (May 4, 1931-Feb 21, 1995) shows just how funny it can be when things go wrong. 

His handwritten caption suggests Oldden may have had some issues with spelling:

"Oh, it's lux[u]rious enough . . . but we have this problem with fl[ie]s . . . "        William Tell                   

He gives us new takes on the stories of William Tell and of the Little Dutch Boy. His raunchy desert island cartoon can be said to cover new ground as well.

       Leak in the dike                                    Desert island sand sculpture

Versos

Richard Oldden
eBay listing ended April 30, 2023

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Richard Oldden
eBay item description

Richard Oldden
eBay bid history
Seven days, two bidders, seven bids, and the last bid wins

888 Temple Hills Dr., Laguna Beach, CA
Google Earth Street View
Accessed May 15, 2023

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Note:  I would like to hear from readers  who might know where any or all of these Richard Oldden cartoons were published.

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Betty Parsons's Copy of The Art of Living by Saul Steinberg

Saul Steinberg's collection The Art of Living dates from 1949. This copy is dedicated somewhat cryptically to his gallerist Betty Parsons.

Photo by Joe Petro III

Photo by Joe Petro III

Note:  Thanks again to Joe Petro III for providing these images. Two more of his Steinberg books dedicated to Betty Parsons will be showing up here very soon.

If you have access to a personalized book from Saul Steinberg akin to this one, why not submit a scan or two?

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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #725

I always aim high with my entries in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest. Contest #725 for September 21, 2020 is the exception. The drawing is by Lars Kenseth.

"I'm not Walter. Are you sure you're wearing your contacts?"

September 29, 2020 Update:  The Finalists

October 5, 2020 Update:  The entry from Northampton is very good, commas and all. Kudos to the entry from Bethesda for being specific to the cherry. In the end, I voted with Ottawa because I thought that caption was the funniest.

October 12, 2020 Update:  The Winner

Note:  Last week in the Caption Contest, cartoonist Mick Stevens had a dinosaur stand in line at a book signing. My caption bit me in the asteroid. Should you bring Contest #724 along to the book fair or to the science fair?

 
Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives

Lars Kenseth

William Tell

The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

The Moment Magazine Cartoon Caption Contest

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest

All the Above Cartoon Caption Contests and More

Attempted Bloggery's On-Target Index

 

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John Norment: William Tell

Jerome Wrinkle has contributed scans of another drawing by cartoonist John Norment (1911-1988). He dates this one to the late 1960s or 1970s, perhaps at the time Norment was working for Norcross greeting cards. Jerome believes it was not published, as there are no printer's markings. He speculates that it might even have been a New Yorker submission.

John Norment
Original cartoon art

Scan by Jerome Wrinkle

Summarizing the Norment cartoons from the two previous posts and this one, Jerome reports on the cartoonist's sequence of addresses:

The first cartoon has his address as East 22nd Street but he had moved to the Village by 1953 to West 10th Street. By the time he did the Archer cartoon he was in comfortable Westport, CT—the state that became haven for so many cartoonists.

Verso with John Norment's Westport address stamp

Scan by Jerome Wrinkle

Note:  Many thanks to Jerome Wrinkle for contributing the scans included in the last three posts and for providing a running commentary.

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

John Norment

Jerome Wrinkle

William Tell

Westport, CT

Attempted Bloggery's Well-Aimed Index

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Ronald Searle's Granny Smith

Ronald Searle, Granny Smith, 1978
Pen and watercolor, 250 x325 mm
Camden Graphics, Ltd. 7001

The brilliant Ronald Searle takes on William Tell in this 1978 watercolor reproduced on a card by Camden Graphics.

Ronald Searle, Granny Smith, 1978
Pen and watercolor, 250 x325 mm
Camden Graphics, Ltd. 7001

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The Family Upstairs

Krazy Kat got started as a featurette in George Herriman's comic strip The Family Upstairs. 
The Dingbat Family would appear upstairs, while Krazy Kat had a separate comic strip
in the basement, so to speak. This original comic strip art, c. 1912, is from last Saturday's auction
at Illustration House.

Lot 71	George Herriman						1880-1944
		Man imitates William Tell; A race up and down a mountain.
		Daily comic strip, The Family Upstairs/The Dingbat Family, circa 1912; Pen & ink, 9 x 27.5", signed lower right
		Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000
		Condition - Good overall: two large tears were repaired at Graham Gallery.; matted and framed.

Lot 71

George Herriman

1880-1944

Man imitates William Tell; A race up and down a mountain.

Daily comic strip, The Family Upstairs/The Dingbat Family, circa 1912;
Pen & ink, 9 x 27.5", signed lower right

Estimate: $4,000 - 6,000

Condition - Good overall: two large tears were repaired at Graham Gallery.; matted and framed.

Note:  My last post on George Herriman's Krazy Kat was here.

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