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In  The New Yorker  Cartoon Caption Contest #977 from the issue of February 2, 2026, a couple walking on the beach spots a fish half out of ...

Tell me a story about  The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #892 from the issue of April 8, 2024.  My caption is shown below. The drawing ...

Sit by the fireplace and enjoy my entry in  The New Yorker  Cartoon Caption Contest #784—if you can. My caption is shown below. The drawing ...

God wearing a Speedo and shades? Moment magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest for Summer 2021 takes us away to a divine day at the beach. ...

"This week’s cartoon of two people reading books comes from Jeremy Nguyen." Thank you, Cartoon Collections, for that succinct an...

Contributor Jerome Wrinkle has scanned the original art by cartoonist  J ohn Norment (1911-1988) that appeared in an issue of the New Yo...

Tomorrow in Washington: Roz Chast,  Library of Congress, National Book Festival, September 2, 2017 Quick Links to the  Attempted Bl...

Posters supporting books and literacy help to ensure a new generation of readers. Bob Staake's delightful poster for the 2014 National...

The eyes have it! Edward Koren illustrates a poster for the defunct Books & Co. Edward Koren, Books & Co. poster Edw...

Whitney Darrow's poster for National Library Week in 1969 was aimed at the youngest readers. For the slightly older crowd, there was a ...

The Boeing 747 underwent its first flight in February of 1969 and entered commercial service the following year. Its distinctive four-engin...

The Ingoldsby Legends is obscure now but was popular in the 19th century. Thomas Ingoldsby was the pen name of the Reverend Rchard Harris ...

For National Library Week, here is Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows Sunday strip which was reprinted on March 11, 2012. Frank Cho, L...