Saturday, February 15, 2025

Three Old Clippings

›
Our good friend Joel Jacobus is perennially occupied with the pursuit of  Charles Addams memorabilia but he occasionally passes along to u...
Friday, February 14, 2025

How Do You Like Your Portraits, Ernest?

›
Contributor David from Manhattan writes: The recent essay by Adam Gopnik, "Subject and Object," is a careful dissection of  the ...
Thursday, February 13, 2025

Georg Jensen Brooch #344

›
I purchased a sterling silver brooch by Georg Jensen on eBay last year, a gift for my valentine. It is design #344 and not especially commo...
Monday, February 10, 2025

Edward Sorel and Bruce McCall at "Covering The New Yorker"

›
"Covering The New Yorker, " the exhibition now hanging at L'Alliance New York, spans some three decades of original New Yorker...

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #932

›
In  The New Yorker  Cartoon Caption Contest #932 from the issue of February 10, 2025, two zebras are observed by a lion crouching in the gra...
Saturday, February 8, 2025

My Copy of The Alphabet From A to Y With Bonux Letter Z! by Steve Martin and Roz Chast

›
Well, it's my copy now. This copy of Steve Martin and Roz Chast's The Alphabet From A to Y With Bonus Letter Z! (2007) signed by...
Friday, February 7, 2025

Barbara Shermund at "Drawn From The New Yorker: A Centennial Celebration"

›
As one enters the New York townhouse which the Society of Illustrators calls home, one immediately encounters a striking art deco drawing by...