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Ronald Searle: Lucifer Reading
An autograph drawing and letter in French dated 19 October 1970, bears the printed address of Monica and Ronald Searle's Paris apartment at 4 Rue Antoine-Dubois. Searle, who could draw as well in...
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Ronald Searle: A Contented Smoke Signal
A 1950s-era Boxing Day card from Ronald Searle also writing for his wife Kaye Webb (who is "elbow deep in washing up") thanks "Dearest June and Charles" for a set of knives. These knives—are they...
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Ronald Searle: How to Be Topp with a Sketch of Molesworth Reading
Molesworth reading? A copy of the American edition of How to be Topp (1954), a book by Geoffrey Willans with illustrations by Ronald Searle, has been graced by Searle with a drawing of the one and only...
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Arnold Rosenberg's Copy of Ronald Searle's The Curse of St. Trinian's
Photographer Arnold T. Rosenberg (1931-2017) produced much fine work, most famously his 1958 portrait of Marcel Duchamp playing chess on a glass table. A print in the collection of the National...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #652
Engorge upon my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #652 for March 4, 2019. The drawing is by Harry Bliss."Naturally we discourage Bloody Marys."Note: Last week cartoonist Pia Guerra left...
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Forbes: "What Greenhouse Effect?"
Climate change denial is nothing new. In 1990, Forbes put its towering journalistic reputation on the line, questioning the science of what was then termed "…the greenhouse effect—a.k.a. global...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #13
Here's a roundup of the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #13 with a drawing by David Borchart. My entries follow."We're the ones feeling sheepish.""Why are we always so outnumbered?""Face it. We're...
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Erica's Copy of Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys by H. A. Rey
Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys (1939) by H. A. Rey represents the first appearance in print of the monkey today known as Curious George. A delightful copy of the first American edition (1942) signed and...
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Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys: Original Illustration by H. A. Rey
An original book illustration from Cecily G. and the 9 Monkeys (Rafi et les 9 singes [1939]) by H. A. Rey features the accommodating Cecily Giraffe assisting a family of nine monkeys in making an...
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Maurice Sendak: A Warm Bottle In the Night Kitchen
I'm in the milk and the milk's in me.—In the Night KitchenA copy of Maurice Sendak's In the Night Kitchen (1970) boasts an original sketch of Mickey—yes, he's named for the well-known mouse—proudly...
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Aidan Chambers's Copy of In the Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak
Young adult fiction writer Aidan Chambers and his wife Nancy were the recipients of a wonderful copy of In the Night Kitchen (1970) personalized for them by author Maurice Sendak in the summer of 1971....
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #653
Dig into my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #653 for March 11, 2019. The drawing is by Felipe Galindo."The soup isn't exactly blowing me away."These captions didn't make the Michelin...
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Gahan Wilson: Of Mice and Monsters
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson has been in the thoughts of many these past days as his urgent need for expensive memory care has prompted well-wishers to pledge money for his support. Hoping to keep Wilson in...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #14
The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #14 features a couple sitting on their living room sofa about to go over a waterfall. It's not a bad metaphor for married life. The drawing is by former New...
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George Price: A Dinner Invitation
Original art to one of George Price's 1979 New Yorker cartoons shows him in his element, depicting a working class couple at home fielding a dinner invitation from another couple. It may seem wrong for...
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George Price: Impregnable
A work of original New Yorker art from 1989 by George Price depicts a wife's appreciation of her befuddled husband's qualities even while he's attired in a ridiculous getup that very nearly defies...
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George Price: Pizza Springs Eternal
In a deft work of original New Yorker cartoon art from 1986, George Price (1901-1995) delivers the goods—and the pizza! The caption, which was not written by Price, describes the pizza very...
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George Price: Peace and Quiet
Temperamentally mismatched couples are a specialty of cartoonist George Price (1901-1995). The exasperated wife in a 1979 New Yorker cartoon original demonstrates that she knows her serenely-contented...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #654
It's time to debate my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #654 for March 18, 2019. The drawing is by Mick Stevens."I don't care for my opponent's spin."These captions lacked gravity:"Who...
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George Price: On Your Mark…
Original New Yorker cartoon art from 1942 by George Price (1901-1995) depicts an elderly but determined woman bracing herself for the traffic light to change. The brown paper has some significant...
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