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Monday, February 21, 2022

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #791

This week I had to sleep in the doghouse while puzzling over The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #791 from the issue of February 14 & 21, 2022. My entry is shown below. The drawing is by Lonnie Millsap.

"It kind of grows on you."

With these captions I tried a little too doggedly:

"You'll grow into it."

"Come in. There's plenty of room."
"Sure it costs more, but we got a great deal on the mortgage."
"Wait till you see the finished attic."
"Next time, bring your stilts."
"There's no excuse for slouching."

March 6, 2022 Update: The Finalists

March 7, 2022 Update: I vote for the caption from Mount Horeb.

March 14, 2022 Update: The Winner

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Monday, September 30, 2013

Charles M. Schulz's Peanuts: Crabgrass

It must have been my mother who purchased the delightful Peanuts cartoon from Hallmark. The card had a cardboard backing, as I remember, so it could be made to stand freely. We kept it on display in our house for years when I was growing up and much later. I always enjoyed it. Our copy of this gem must be long gone, but the suburban sentiment is still an amusing one.

Snoopy: Work is the crab grass in the lawn of life!

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Note: See more of my Peanuts posts here.

As America's government becomes more dysfunctional, a rough drawing by Mischa Richter from my personal collection becomes more relevant. See it again here.

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Tuesday, April 16, 2013

Snoopy and Woodstock

Who wouldn't enjoy living with this classic little ink drawing by Charles M. Schulz showing a restful Snoopy with Woodstock standing alongside his doghouse? I've shown similar drawings from the Butternut Bread advertising campaign in my longest post ever here, Indeed, this Butternut post is so dauntingly large that after almost two years I'm not close to finishing it. It also happens to be my most popular post, having been viewed more than 11,000 times, incomplete though it remains.

Anyway, there's no definite evidence right now that this drawing is from that advertising campaign; the seller, Bauman Rare Books, suggests that it could also have been created for a book jacket. For the time being, then, I'll give this image a separate home here, although I reserve the right to add it to the larger post if new information surfaces.

I believe few dealers would ask $8,000 for this although it is a pretty good size. Bauman Rare Books continues to get very high prices for its offerings, an advantage to having at the ready a clientele that is both discriminating and well off.