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I laughed at the Lorax, "You poor stupid guy! You never can tell what some people will buy." --Dr. Seuss

Saturday, April 18, 2026

Penny Sibson's Copy of Where the WIld Things Are by Maurice Sendak

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Penny Sibson was a book publicist who worked for a number of houses, including the Bodley Head, a London imprint of Penguin Random House. A...
Friday, April 17, 2026

Annals of Censorship: Patrick Nagel's Tracy Vaccaro on Bluesky

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Maybe censorship is too strong a word here. The Adult Content label is more of a bothersome extra step to prevent supposedly sensitive eyes ...
Thursday, April 16, 2026

Arthur Rackham: The Little Mermaid's Home Life

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London publisher George G. Harrap gave us an edition of Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales in 1932 featuring illustrations by Arth...
Wednesday, April 15, 2026

Ronald Searle: City Bird

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City Bird is a 1969 lithograph by the English caricaturist Ronald Searle. He created a number of prints in this period with pointed observ...
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Jeff Koons: Lobster

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Just a few steps north of the Park Avenue exhibition space used by Heritage Auctions is Bernardaud, a purveyor of fine Limoges porcelain in ...
Monday, April 13, 2026

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #986—Almost

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In  The New Yorker  Cartoon Caption Contest #986 from the issue of April 13, 2026, a woman is doing squats with barbells in a gym while Atla...
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