Sunday, January 16, 2022

Al Ross: Walking the Dog

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In cartoonist Al Ross's sketch of a man walking his dog, it's hard to tell who is having the better time. Ross was a master of the ...
Monday, January 10, 2022

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #786

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Sign on the dotted line for my entry in  The New Yorker  Cartoon Caption Contest #786 from the double issue of January 3 and 10, 2022. My ca...
Sunday, January 9, 2022

My Copy of Death by Laughter by Harry Bliss

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Harry Bliss's cartoon collection Death by Laughter appeared in 2008. Many but by no means all of the cartoons are on the subject of de...
Saturday, January 8, 2022

Shel Silverstein's Copy of James Thurber's Fables For Our Time

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Writer and cartoonist Shel Silverstein (1930-1999) left his unmistakeable signature the front free endpaper of his copy of James Thurber...
Friday, January 7, 2022

The New Yorker Advertises in Stage, April 1938

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"People who like the theatre can't help but like The New Yorker." So advertised the magazine in the April 1938 issue of Stage...
Thursday, January 6, 2022

My Copy of Ken Krimstein's When I Grow Up

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I was unable to attend the event in the Strand Book Store's rare book room on December 14 featuring cartoonist Ken Krimstein  in convers...
Wednesday, January 5, 2022

The CartoonStock Caption Contest #146

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I needed to break out of the CartoonStock Caption Contest #146. My three captions are shown below .  The drawing is by  Drew Dernavich . ...
Tuesday, January 4, 2022

The Chief Blue Meanie Animation Cel

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Among the treasures auctioned last month at Swann Galleries' sale of Illustration Art was a cel from "Yellow Submarine" (1968)...
Monday, January 3, 2022

Fish Fantasy: A Fake Bidding War for a Mischa Richter Original?

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For reasons I don't pretend to understand, cartoonist  Mischa Richter's original New Yorker cartoons tend to be undervalued by the...