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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #647
I should have shredded my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #647 for January 21, 2018. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."Now you see my assistant's non-disclosure agreement—wait a...
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John Ruge: A New Miss Universe Contestant?
Cartoonist John Ruge's vintage original art for Saturday Review depicts a potential Miss Universe contestant for whom the pageant's organizers evidently were not prepared. Even today in our own...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #7
Dearly beloved, behold my entries in the late Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #7. The drawing is by Charlie Hankin."His last words were 'Do you have any idea who I am?'""He didn't care for the new...
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A Vintage Photo of Barbara Shermund
Amanda Gormley shares a "recently unearthed" photograph of her aunt, the pioneering cartoonist Barbara Shermund (1899-1978). As you can see, she was quite a looker. Barbara ShermundVintage photo by...
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Saber Arches: Peter Arno and Barbara Shermund
Peter Arno and Barbara Shermund were leading cartoonists of their day. Both of them honed their craft in the pages of the early New Yorker. Both excelled at depicting sexy situations. Occasionally, as...
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Strolling by the Farm: Barbara Shermund and Peter Arno
Cartoonists Peter Arno and Barbara Shermund occasionally found themselves covering more or less the same territory. After the Second World War women gradually started wearing bikinis to the beach and...
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Brendan Gill: "The First Rule of Life…"
"The first rule of life is to have a good time."Brendan Gill's indulgent advice, with some further elaboration, leads off Chapter 6 of his 1975 history Here at The New Yorker. He inscribed this motto,...
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Charles Addams: Here at The New Yorker Dust Jacket
A current eBay listing for the dust jacket—and only the dust jacket—to Brendan Gill'sHere at The New Yorker (1975) provides a full if somewhat glare-laden image of the excellent wraparound cover...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #648
All aboard for my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #648 for January 28, 2019. The drawing is by Amy Hwang."They added a stop just for Henry."These captions left the station without me:"I...
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eBay 101: A Thurber Façade
No doubt the place to be on Wednesday, January 19, 1949 was in the auditorium of the Museum of Modern Art. There the first complete American performance of Façade took place, an "entertainment" with...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #8
Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #8. The drawing is by Ellis Rosen. My entries follow."Where do you see yourself five minutes from...
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James Thurber: The Dance of Life
Two James Thurber figures dancing in tandem lead off "The Talk of the Town" section of the New Yorker for May 15, 1954. Spring, evidently, was in the air.James ThurberSpot drawingThe New Yorker, May...
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A Time Magazine Cover Signed by James Thurber
A copy of Time magazine with James Thurber's inscription and signature on the July 9, 1951 cover shows his hand to be sadly shaky and unsure in the extreme. His failed vision surely was responsible for...
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James Thurber: A Sure Grasp of Confusion
A rough drawing for James Thurber'sTime magazine cover of July 9, 1951 resembles the published cover almost line for line. He tightened up the drawing a bit for publication, but the elements are all...
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Unauthorized Portraits Signed by Edward Sorel
The cover of Edward Sorel'sUnauthorized Portraits (1997) is an illustration he originally created for the January-February 1993 cover of Print magazine. Some of the artist's more prominent subjects try...
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Ice Breakers: Signed and Drawn in by Matthew Diffee
Ice Breakers: A New Yorker Book of Cartoons was published by the Cartoon Bank in 2005. It is a collection commissioned by Grand Marnier and the dust jacket flaps list drink recipes (the Ice Breaker,...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #649
How do you feel about my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #649 for February 4, 2019? The drawing is by Mick Stevens."Now, Mr. Peters, there'll be no more leaving early."These captions...
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A Signed Copy of So You're Going to Buy a Book!
J. Davies writes:Well I’ve been going through some old family books and found a copy of So You’re Going to Buy a Book! by Helen E. Hokinson. Inside the cover was an inscription. Many of these family...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #9
It's time to interrogate the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #9. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz. My entries follow."I'm getting nothing from her but gibberish.""I'm getting a smile, but it...
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Helen E. Hokinson: Not at Home
Ready or not, here we come! Helen E. Hokinson's society lady from a 1938 New Yorker cartoon feels it necessary to inform her housemaid that she is not prepared to receive us. The maid might have been...
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