Thursday, August 24, 2023

Best Copy: Seth's Palookaville #22

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In Palookaville, the comic artist Seth  (born Gregory Gallant)  publishes his graphic works in progress , and some of them are later colle...
Wednesday, August 23, 2023

Karl Haendel: Depressed? and New Yorker Cartoon Drawing #20

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I've written several times about the appropriation art of Karl Haendel, who came to my attention because his subject matter is, at leas...
Tuesday, August 22, 2023

The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 170

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Here we go again with the CartoonStock Caption Contest #170. Cartoonist Pat Byrnes,  the original Captain Dad, gives us a gathering of three...
Monday, August 21, 2023

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #862

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The 3D glasses go on for  The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #862 from the issue of August 21, 2023, but they seem oddly different. My t...
Sunday, August 20, 2023

Mischa Richter: Power Nap

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The OED dates the term  power nap to 1980. The Google Books Ngram Viewer concurs, documenting more widespread use in the 1990s and the 200...
Saturday, August 19, 2023

Mischa Richter: Cocktail Party Chit-Chat

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Cocktail parties still take place, but they have become less formal affairs since the 1989 publication of Mischa Richter's New Yorker ...
Friday, August 18, 2023

Lászlo Roth: Five Spot Drawings

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Lászlo Roth  was one of many accomplished illustrators who provided spot drawings to  The New Yorker. Five originals that were presumably pu...