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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Summer 2019
I went overboard with my entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Summer 2019. Summer? What should have been the May/June issue is now a "Special Summer Double Issue." That can't be good news....
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #33
This week I did not enter the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #33 although I did write a caption after the fact. The drawing is by Kim Warp."Welcome to my poetry reading."Quick Links to the...
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Bets's Copy of Edward Koren's Are You Happy?
Bets, short for Elizabeth, did not attend Edward Koren's book signing for Are You Happy? And Other Questions Lovers Ask (1978) held, one suspects, at the Madison Avenue Bookshop (1973-2002), but a...
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The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker: Five Signed Prints
After The Complete Cartoons of the New Yorker was published in 2004, an enterprising collector printed at least six cartoons apparently from the accompanying CD-ROM and went about obtaining signatures...
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Edward Koren: Four Books with Original Sketches
Reader and longtime contributor David from Manhattan returns to this blog with new images of four books personalized by New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren. These books date from 1980 to 1995 and each...
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Edward Koren: A Drawing "For Charlie"
Admittedly there's not very much to see in an old thumbnail image of an original sketch by Edward Koren drawn on the title page of a copy of What About Me?: Cartoons from the New Yorker(1989). The book...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #671
I took a stab at an entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #671 for July 29, 2019. The drawing is by David Borchart."They're nearly extinct, so I let them practice hunting."These captions...
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Moe Howard: Three Passports
Last month Nate D. Sanders sold more than 1100 items from the personal collection of Moe Howard (1897-1975) of the Three Stooges. The collection, which had remained intact since Howard's death,...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #35
I think I got away with my entry in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #34. The drawing is by Charles Barsotti."Define what you mean by 'ill-gotten.'""Last week you said I shouldn't feel...
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Yours for a Grand: Categor y by Edward Gorey
The limited edition of Edward Gorey'sCategor y published in May of 1973 consists of one-hundred signed and numbered copies as well as twenty-six signed and lettered copies. The book reproduces fifty...
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Yours for a Grand: Maurice Sendak's The Bat-Poet
Elena and Alex's copy of Randall Jarrell'sThe Bat-Poet contains a wonderful drawing by illustrator Maurice Sendak. The dog seated on a carpet is Jennie, Sendak's own Sealyham Terrier.Maurice...
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Blog Post No. 3000: The Vatican Museums 2019
My mother-in-law told us that when she visited the Sistine Chapel in the 1950s she could lie face-up on the floor to take in Michelangelo's magnificent ceiling. Today there are forty-thousand daily...
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Vatican City 2019: St. Peter's Basilica
After we saw the Vatican Museums, our tour continued on to St. Peter's Basilica.St. Peter's BasilicaThe façade is by Carlo MadernoThe Apostolic Palace with the Papal Apartments seen from St. Peter's...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #35
I got thrown out of the bar before I could write my entry in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #35. The drawing is by J. B. Handelsman (1922-2007).Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery...
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The Three Stooges: "Uncivil Warriors" Movie Poster
I might not be the best person to explain the visceral comic appeal of "Uncivil Warriors" (1935) starring the Three Stooges. The two-color one-sheet movie poster from the estate of Moe Howard does have...
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Rome 2019: The Colosseum
Viator disappointed with its tour of the Vatican Museums, yet the tour group really came through with its excursion to the Colosseum and Roman Forum. There was heavy equipment around the ancient...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Captioin Contest #672
E-prescribing has yet to come to the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #672 for the combined issue of August 5 and 12, 2019. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."I won't renew your warfarin. Do you know what...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #36
This week I dropped off my entries in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #36. The drawing is by Pat Byrnes."Don't bother waiting around. It's already high tide.""My work is piling up too.""Have...
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Rome 2019: The Forum
Our walking tour proceeded from the Colosseum to the Roman Forum. This was my first time entering the site. Again, I was very pleased with the services of Viator on both legs of this tour.The...
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Maurice Sendak: Really Rosie Theater Poster
"Really Rosie" is a musical based on the four books of Maurice Sendak'sThe Nutshell Library (1962) and The Sign on Rosie's Door (1960). The book and lyrics are by Sendak with music by Carole King. The...
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