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Chuck Jones: Coyote Catches Road Runner by Tom Shales of the Washington Post
Back in 1975, animator Chuck Jones presented Tom Shales of the Washington Post with the ultimate compliment to a journalist. The original pencil drawing of everyone's favorite persistent coyote at his...
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Newton G.Brand, Jr.'s, Copy of Gahan Wilson's America
Texas banker Newton G. Brand, Jr., (1929-2011) corresponded with a number of New Yorker cartoonists, requesting that they personalize copies of their books by mail. Gahan Wilson (1930-2019) was one of...
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Barbara Shermund: Redefining The Bohemian Life
A group of Barbara Shermund's original cartoons was listed on eBay and promptly sold in May. One of them shows a group of art students sitting around a dinner table drinking and smoking. And, as it...
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Ronald Searle: L'Apéritif
Yesterday in Monaco at L’Hôtel des Ventes de Monte-Carlo (HVMC), an ink and watercolor depiction of two cats seated at outdoor tables was sold at auction. The artist is Ronald Searle...
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Barbara Shermund: Of Another Stripe
By the Christmas season of 1942, the United States was a full year into the Second World War. Like other cartoonists, Barbara Shermund had adapted her subject matter to meet the moment. Her color...
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License Plate for Keeping On the Weight?
Okay, that's certainly not what this tag is all about, but it's my post title and, like rice, I'm sticking to it."XTRARICE"New York state license plate05297
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My EntryMy Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #997
In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #997 from the double issue of July 6 & 13, 2026, a subway train in an outdoor station bends upwards and out of view. A man wearing a baseball cap speaks to...
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Sight Unseen: Palookaville No. 21 With an Original Drawing by Seth
A copy of Palookaville No. 21 offered by Hourglass Books caught my eye on line. Priced at $50 with AbeBooks, it offered the promise of an original drawing by Seth, albeit of a hat and a lit cigarette....
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Blog Post No. 5300: James Thurber's "The Masculine Approach" Scarf for...
"The Masculine Approach" is a scarf designed around a series of drawings by The New Yorker'sJames Thurber. It is currently listed on eBay."The Masculine Approach"ByJames Thurber"The Masculine...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Summer 2026
Moment magazine'sCartoon Caption Contest for the Summer 2026 double issue shows us God speaking to Moses at the top of Mount Sinai—I mean Rushmore. God, perched in a cloud, is the speaker.The drawing...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #998
In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #998 from the issue of July 20, 2026, a woman and a cat are out kayaking. The woman speaks. My submission is shown below. The drawing is by Liza...
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The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 208
In the CartoonStock Caption Contest number 208, is set at one of those Mommy and Me swim lessons. The male child speaks. The cartoonist is Lindsey Budde. She is new to the contest and new to this...
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William Steig: Coming Home Late
It's late at night in Apartment 3K. Seventy years ago, the readers of Collier's were treated to a wonderful cartoon by a wonderful cartoonist: William Steig.William SteigOrignal artCollier's, May 11,...
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The New Yorker on the East River
On Sunday, a cement carrier named NACC New Yorker made its way up the East River accompanied by a tug boat. The ship flies under the Portuguese flag out of Madeira. Yes, the New Yorker.05305
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License Plate for a Proponent?
I went out Monday for a Restaurant Week dinner and I was very much in favor of a license plate I noticed along the way. Truthfully, I don't see how one could be against it. Nevertheless, isn't it wrong...
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Roger K.'s Copy of Quelques artistes et gens de lettres by Jean-Jacques Sempé
In 1992, Éditions Denoël published Quelques artistes et gens de lettres by Jean-Jacques Sempé, himself a cartoon artist and a man of letters. I don't think this book was ever printed in an English...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #999
In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #999 from the issue of July 27, 2026, a couple seated in their living room look up at a giant hole in a wall where an elephant has just gone out. The man...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1000
We finally made it to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1000! It is from the issue of August 3, 2026, two men look upon a stone in which many swords are buried nearly up to their hilts. The man...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1001
In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1001 from the issue of August 10, 2026, four snails sit around a campfire at night. One holds a flashlight to his face and speaks. My submission is shown...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1002
In The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #1002 from the issue of August 17, 2026, four monkeys sing in a barbershop quartet while two laboratory workers observe them through glass. The older woman...
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The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 209
Another monthly contest already? The CartoonStock Caption Contest number 209 is set in a laboratory where an ape is perhaps doomscrolling on his cell phone while a pair of researchers looks on. The man...
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Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz With a Drawing of Schroeder
Charles M. Schulz began his Peanuts comic strip in 1950 and in 1952 published the first of what would come to be many collections. It was simply named Peanuts. A copy of a later printing of the first...
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Sight Unseen: George Sprott (1894-1975) With an Original Drawing of . . .
In June, a Canadian bookseller offered a copy of Seth's 2009 opus George Sprott (1894-1975) with an original drawing. The listing showed only the usual stock photo. It's frustrating when this happens,...
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The Angel of Inspiration: Ronald Searle Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
The Angel of Inspiration is a title provided by the Chris Beetles Gallery for a cover submission to The New Yorker by Ronald Searle. The original art looks as if it dates from the early 1960s, a time...
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John Cuneo: Batman
This past March, I visited the illustrator John Cuneo's online shop or "bodega," as he calls it. I purchased a sketchbook page based on a favorite comic book and television hero of my youth. The...
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