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Rome 2019: The Church of Saint Peter in Chains
The Basilica di San Pietro in Vincoli is a not far from the Colosseum in Rome, but it's easy to miss if you don't deliberately seek it out. When I first visited in 1985 there was a coin-operated...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #673
I've thrown down my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #673 for the issue of August 19, 2019. The drawing is by Victoria Roberts."Why don't I just lower my rope ladder instead?"These...
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Rome 2019: Incident at the Colosseum
On our way to the Circus Maximus in Rome, we became aware of some unusually loud activity at the Colosseum. It appeared as if a man was threatening to jump from the second level of the ancient...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #37
This week I worked out a single entry in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #37. The drawing is by Robert Leighton."Have you figured out the remote yet?"Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery...
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Robert Day: When in Rome...
The Temple of Venus and Roma was the largest temple ever built in Rome. It was dedicated by the Emperor Hadrian in the year 135. Today ten exterior columns that originally were part of a row of...
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Rome 2019: The Circus Maximus
The Circus Maximus was an ancient Roman chariot-racing stadium that held more than 150,000 people and possibly up to 250,000 if Pliny is to be believed. This would represent seating for about one...
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A George Grosz Limited Edition of O. Henry Stories
German caricaturist and satirist George Grosz might not have been the obvious candidate to illustrate a 1935 edition of the short stories of American author O. Henry, but the Limited Editions Club must...
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A Photo of Peter Arno at the Piano
A vintage photograph on eBay shows cartoonist Peter Arno playing the piano at a private home in Harrison, New York. This photo appeared in Michael Maslin's 2016 biography of Arno and dates to the...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #674
I can feel a change coming on with my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #674 for the issue of August 26, 2019. The drawing is by Harry Bliss."See what could happen if you don't obey your...
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Snoopy and the Red Baron Signed by Charles M. Schulz
"Curse you, Red Baron!"I've always wanted to shake my fist and shout that. If you still have a thing for Snoopy, as I do, you might want to take a look at this signed copy of Snoopy and the Red Baron...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #38
I wrote five entries this week for the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #38. The drawing is by Joe Dator."And he hasn't had a drop to drink.""Really, you had to invite HIM?""This is positively our...
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Jack Willett's Copy of Vaguement Compétitif by Jean-Jacques Sempé
Jack Willett must have been a friend or business associate of Buitoni executive Aldo Osti, as he was on the Ostis' Christmas card list. Osti also presented him with a copy of Vaguement Compétitif...
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Drawing Life with George Booth Kickstarter Reward Soft Deadline
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1738241852/drawing-life-with-george-booth/descriptionI fancied myself quite the patron of the arts back in April when I supported the Kickstarter project to fund...
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New Yorker Cartoon Copper Printing Plates
Joel Jacobus, cataloguer and chronicler of all things Addams, writes of three recent eBay sales of copper plates used in the printing process for cartoons. The first sale was in May of 2019. An eBay...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #675
It's time to explore strange new worlds and my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #675 for the issue of September 2, 2019. The drawing is by Charlie Hanken."Funny you two have never...
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State Fair—Lesley Crawford Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
A proposed New Yorker cover by an artist named Lesley Crawford (1887-1963) was sold on eBay last year. It depicts a state or county fair and bears the prominent strap along the left border that...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #
This week cartoonist Charlie Hankin was in both the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #675 and the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #39. Dig my entries in the Cartoon Collections contest:"Yeah,...
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Robert Karsten's Fake New Yorker Cover
York, Pennsylvania artist Robert Karsten (1943-1996) never had his work published on the cover of the New Yorker, but in 1962 while still a teenager he did the next best thing: he painted a fake New...
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Duane Keiser: Coffee, Sun and The New Yorker
Artist Duane Keiser (b. 1966) uses eBay as a marketplace in which to sell his paintings. It's a great idea and I wish this business model worked for more artists. Coffee, Sun and The New Yorker is an...
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Karl Haendel: New Yorker Cartoon Drawing #6
We begin with a classic full page New Yorker cartoon by Warren Miller that was published in the magazine in 1974:"Sam, it's the most sensitive thing you've ever done!"Warren MillerThe New Yorker, June...
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