Stanley W. Reynolds: Woman With a Parasol

Stanley W. Reynolds illustrated some memorable magazine covers for The New Yorker and Vanity Fair between 1925 and 1927. They are highly stylized art deco designs which may be seen at the Condé Nast Store here. Beyond this brief burst of creativity, there isn't much of his work to be found online. 

Early in 2017, an original Reynolds illustration was listed on eBay. Painted in rich watercolors, it is more art nouveau than art deco and looks nothing like the published magazine covers. A woman wearing, apparently, nineteenth century finery and carrying a parasol stands behind a Dutch door. She is prepared to emerge onto a garden path.

Stanley W. Reynolds's signature

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Stanley W. Reynolds
eBay listing ended January 13, 2017

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Listed-Artist-Stanley-W-Reynolds-Watercolor-New-Yorker-Vanity-Fair-Deco-/282306695231?hash=item41baca503f%3Ag%3AKz0AAOSw-0xYUrnu&nma=true&si=YQGb25QThn5Fxe78BW8tTy6VzZY%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557

Stanley W. Reynolds
eBay item description

Note:  I'd like to hear from anyone who can identify where this art may have been published or is familiar with other work by Stanley W. Reynolds.

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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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MDLInx Comic Consult #12

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. This is contest #12—my fourth—and it features a physician with a patient you may just recognize. Five entries are permitted; each of mine are shown below. The cartoon is by Jonny Hawkins.

"I never said to take anything with a spoonful of sugar."
"We don't accept tuppence."
"Your reflux comes from having tea parties on the ceiling."
"We need to rule out something quite atrocious."
"Well, look who just blew in!"

November 13, 2023 Update:  The Winner

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