Eldon Dedini: Putting Up Antibiotic Resistance

Eldon Dedini'sNew Yorker cartoon of December 9, 1967 may have been the first cartoon in that magazine's storied history to mention antibiotic resistance, usually not an especially robust wellspring for humor. Still, if it helps bring to light just a touch of the marital blame game, who can fault it? Not much changed between the preliminary version of this gag seen last year on eBay and the final published version, but the husband became less angry and more passive, making him a somewhat more sympathetic figure and rendering the mood more somber.

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Eldon Dedini, "George, you must stop resisting the antibiotics." Preliminary art, The New Yorker, December 9, 1967, page 60 http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1967-12-09#folio=060

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"Preliminary sketch for New Yorker cartoon"

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Eldon Dedini's signature

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Gift inscription dated a year after publication "Nov 15 '68 San Francinsco Eldon"

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eBay Listing as of December 25, 2016 http://www.ebay.com/itm/Eldon-Dedini-Original-Cartoon-Sketch-for-The-New-Yorker-/252691675902?hash=item3ad598fafe:g:x6oAAOSwo4pYWHPk#viTabs_0

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Eldon Dedini, "George, you must stop resisting the antibiotics." Preliminary art, The New Yorker, December 9, 1967, page 60 http://archives.newyorker.com/?i=1967-12-09#folio=060

Note: Resist!

I mean, listen to your spouse! Attempted Bloggery continues to seek scans or photographs of original cartoon art by Eldon Dedini and other New Yorker artists to help end the scourge of antibiotic resistance.


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