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A Signed Copy of Liana Finck's Passing for Human
Last week I went to the Cobble Hill section of Brooklyn, probably for the first time, in order to attend a cartoon event at the bookstore intriguingly named Books Are Magic. Arriving early, I had a...
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My Copy of Liza Donnelly's Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are
On Friday evening in Brooklyn at a bookshop called Books Are Magic, I was pleased to attend an event held in to mark the publication of Be the Person Your Dog Thinks You Are by C. J. Frick with...
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Another Copy of Ken Krimstein's The Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt
Ken Krimstein'sThe Three Escapes of Hannah Arendt is one example of the sort of extremely ambitious book projects some New Yorker cartoonists have undertaken in recent years. The graphic novel is...
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Sight Unseen: An Edward Koren "Creature wtih Avian Features"
In July of 2015 I found myself tempted by a listing for Edward Koren'sDo You Want to Talk About It? Like far too many listings on the AbeBooks site, there was no photograph, but the description alone...
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Margaret Thurlow's Copy of James Thurber's Fables for Our Time
Margaret Thurlow worked as a secretary and copy editor at the New Yorker. She assisted in answering James Thurber's reader correspondence. She was also able to take dictation from Thurber, which the...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #639
Here is my fairy-tale entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #639 for November 12, 2018. The drawing is by Michael Maslin."My do or yours?"These alternative captions had a bad hair day:"Two...
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Mickey Goes Bananas
Mickey Mouse turns ninety this month! The last place I expected to see this milestone noted was on a bunch of Dole bananas. But stickers don't lie.The earliest cartoon short with Mickey Mouse was...
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Two Sallies by Barbara Shermund
Two original midcentury color cartoons by Barbara Shermund bear markings indicating Sunday release dates. This may identify them as original art created for Shermund's Sallies, a Sunday panel strip...
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Barbara Shermund: A Penny for Your Thoughts
Barbara Shermund's redhead wears a sexy, diaphanous, dress and sits alluringly on a loveseat in Mr. Caldwell's den surrounded by his collection of erotic art. She wonders out loud what could be on the...
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Barbara Shermund's Prize-Winner
Not all mothers are easily fooled. A cartoon by Barbara Shermund published in the March 1939 issue of Esquire depicts a young woman coming home to her mother after a night on the town carrying an...
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Barbara Shermund: On Bended Knee
Mr. Dawson proposes marriage in Barbara Shermund's cartoon from the May 1953 issue of Esquire. The female object of Mr. Dawson's affection is young, pretty, well provided for, and of independent mind....
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Barbara Shermund: Promises to Keep
Barbara Shermund's cartoons for men's magazines like Esquire often attempt to get a laugh out of her depiction of female promiscuity. Yet it is commonly the woman in these cartoons of hers who is...
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Barbara Shermund: Not Exactly a Gift
Do Barbara Shermund'sEsquire cartoons depict attractive young ladies as sex objects in order to entertain male readers, or are they, rather, women who use their sexuality for self-empowerment? Could...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #1
There's a new caption contest in town. Cartoon Collections is Bob Mankoff's new cartoon rights leasing venture. The contest is going to be biweekly and three entries are permitted. There is a cash...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #640
Presenting my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #640 for November 19, 2018. The drawing is by Tom Toro."I'm training him to hunt for cheese."Note:Â Last week cartoonist Michael Maslin...
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Ray Helle: The Thanksgiving Dinner Vote
Ray Helle's oddity of a Thanksgiving cartoon was published in American Magazine in 1950. All the family members seated round the Thanksgiving table are angry after disagreeing in a vote over what to...
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George Sixta: Rivets at the Thanksgiving Table
For the Thanksgiving holiday, Dick Buchanan dipped into his cartoon clip files and found a long-forgotten panel by George Sixta. It is a 1949 example of the Rivets feature he created for the Saturday...
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Turkey Parade: Arnie Levin New Yorker Cover Art
For a 1977 cover of the New Yorker,Arnie Levin imagines the very first Thanksgiving Day parade. A pair of pilgrims and an American Indian review a procession of turkeys. Sometimes the simplest ideas...
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Dear Dead Days Book Cover by Charles Addams
Last week's sale at Doyle New York of the original cover illustration to Charles Addams's 1959 collection Dear Dead Days confirms the iconic status original Addams Family art has achieved for...
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Ronald Searle's original book cover design for Geoffrey Gorer'sModern Types (1955) is meant to make the most of a two-color press. Now Searle was as keen an observer of the British social scene as...
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