Peter Arno's Side-Show for November 1936

Chances are, if you didn't catch Peter Arno's "Side-Show" cartoon feature when it first appeared in the November 1936 issue of College Humor, you didn't get a second chance. Until now, that is.

"Here's a hot one, lambie—'Dear sir: As an old friend, I feel it my duty to warn
you to keep an eye on your new chauffeur.'"
Peter Arno
College Humor, November 1936, p. 18

"Now?"
"She keeps asking for you! She's delirious."
Peter Arno
College Humor, November 1936, p. 19

Peter Arno's "Side-Show"
College Humor, November 1936, pp. 18-19

The original College Humor artwork for that third cartoon appeared on a contact sheet prepared by the Nicholls Gallery back in 1985.

"She keeps asking for you!  She's delirious."
November 1936

Note:  I'd like to hear from the current owners of Peter Arno's original art for College Humor. Now? Yes, now.

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Thomas Eastwood: Holiday Packages

An original New Yorker spot drawing by Thomas Eastwood depicts Christmas packages too numerous for a neighborhood mailbox to accomodate.

At one time, a price tag of $40 was affixed to the back of this art. In May on the eBay auction site, it was priced at $165 with a Best Offer option.

EBay does not disclose best offers, even when they are accepted.

Thomas Eastwood
eBay listing ended May 24, 2023

https://www.ebay.com/itm/30483312180?hash=item46fa13cc34%3Ag%3AYhkAAOSwOf5kE5xX&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4AUchOYHMAdl%2BRgFV8lGhhDiSp5PKgVlmTuJbm%2F9P33GAnpjOvnRghbGHD140kYJfZItpjAKNN4M9%2Bxu9qlrKiJgny7sCEa5AzPyma

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Thomas Eastwood
eBay item description

The Eastwood spot is currently available from Curated Cartoons. The artwork has been rephotographed. Now the images are in sharp focus, revealing even the texture of the paper.

The verso includes a preliminary sketch of a tugboat.

The new listing helpfully includes the artwork's publication date, one of the more difficult pieces of information to track down with only the season and the era known. We now can appreciate that the art was published eighty-five years ago in the back pages of the magazine.

Thomas Eastwood
Curated Cartoons listing accessed December 7, 2023

https://www.curatedcartoons.com/collections/gold-era/products/holiday-mail-spot-illustration

Spot drawing by Thomas Eastwood

https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1938-12-10/flipbook/138/

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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #50

A snowman army is the subject of the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #50 according to the filename on the cartoon image. I'd call it more of a snowman royal court. I came up with only two captions this week, making it unnecessary for me to try to subvert the three-caption limit. The drawing is by Drew Panckeri.

"We can't receive any hotmail."
"I'm counting on you to deliver my robot army by spring."

November 27, 2019 Update:  The Winner

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Drew Panckeri

Snowmen

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest

The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest

The Moment Magazine Cartoon Caption Contest

All These Cartoon Caption Contests and Then Some

Attempted Bloggery's Densely-Packed Index

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