Friday, December 20, 2019

Doris Laufer's Copy of Good Ol' Charlie Brown by Charles M. Schulz

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One does not need to venture very far out on the proverbial limb to  surmise that the  Doris Laufer to whom cartoonist  Charles M. Schulz ...
Thursday, December 19, 2019

Middy and Whitney Darrow's Copy of Consenting Adults by Peter De Vries

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Prolific New Yorker writer and humorist Peter De Vries (1910-1993) wrote twenty-three novels including Consenting Adults or The Duchess ...
Wednesday, December 18, 2019

The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #54

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I have only one entry in Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #54. The drawing is by  Ellis Rosen. "I'm going to have to fail...
Tuesday, December 17, 2019

Middy and Whitney Darrow's Drawing of Pugsley by Charles Addams

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New Yorker cartoonist Whitney Darrow, Jr., and his wife Middy were given a sketch by Charles Addams of the Addams Family's Pugsley....
Monday, December 16, 2019

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #690

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That's one small step for my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #690 for December 16, 2019. The giant leap of a drawing i...
Sunday, December 15, 2019

Middy and Whitney Darrow's Copy of Chas Addams' Nightcrawlers

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Cartoonists fortunate enough to publish collections of their work have been known on occasion to create especially nice presentation copies...
Saturday, December 14, 2019

Otto Soglow: New Masses for December 1932

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New Yorker cartoonist Otto Soglow (1900-1975) gives us one of the slimmest Santas in memory for the December 1932 issue of  New Masses. T...
Friday, December 13, 2019

My Other Copy of The Art of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell

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Patrick McDonell's public conversation with Chip Kidd at the Society of Illustrators on November 6 concluded with a book signing. Th...