Monday, May 18, 2026

My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #990

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In  The New Yorker  Cartoon Caption Contest #990 from the issue of May 11 & 18, 2026, a couple sitting in a car are stopped at a chicken...
Sunday, May 17, 2026

Saul Steinberg: Now or Never!

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Many fine and wonderful items get away from me on eBay but this one hurt: an original drawing from The New Yorker by Saul Steinberg. It is...
Wednesday, May 13, 2026

Arthur Rackham: The Hesperides

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  John Milton Comus, 1634 https://www.gutenberg.org/files/19819/19819-h/19819-h.htm Arthur Rackham's original book illustration of the...
Tuesday, May 12, 2026

Art Spiegelman: Raw 3 Call for Submissions—Enticing Jules Feiffer

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Back in 1991, Art Spiegelman and his wife  Françoise Mouly were actively trying to recruit cartoonist  Jules Feiffer to create comic page...
Monday, May 11, 2026

Glenn Shea's Copy of Nightcrawlers by Charles Addams

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No doubt there is a story behind a copy of the cartoon collection  Nightcrawlers (1957) which was signed by Charles Addams  in 1973, some s...
Sunday, May 10, 2026

Constantin Alajálov: The Graduate Looks to His Future

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The idea that new college graduates might face limited employment prospects has been around for quite a while. We know that such concerns be...
Saturday, May 9, 2026

Milt Gross: In Response to a Mislaid Letter

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Here's a little souvenir for a fan, Donald, from cartoonist Milt Gross. The AbeBooks seller Peruse the Stacks identifies the two figure...
Wednesday, May 6, 2026

Chon Day: Wartime Communication

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An original cartoon by Chon Day was sold on eBay in early April. It has a military theme, but recalls some details from stateside. "Pl...