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Peter Arno: Whoops Dearie! Signed and with a Dust Jacket
New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno must have signed a great many copies of Whoops Dearie! (1927) because today such copies are not all that hard to come by in the market. The book, Arno's first, is a...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #680
Dry off and enjoy my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #680 for the issue of October 7, 2019. The drawing is one of many by Danny Shanahan with a setting in the Market St. restaurant in...
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Marjorie and Mastin's Copy of Insincerely Yours by Dana Fradon
Cartoonist Dana Fradon, who passed away last week in Woodstock, NY, was born in Chicago in 1922 and had his first cartoon published in the New Yorker in 1948. His signature collection, Insincerely...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #44
The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #44 is set in a bowling alley and features a unique approach to the problem of the 7-10 split. The drawing is by Robert Leighton."That was a killer shot.""Of...
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Charles's Copy of Insincerely Yours by Dana Fradon
Charles's copy of the late Dana Fradon's cartoon collection Insincerely Yours, 1978, is inscribed with the same words as Marjorie and Mastin's copy: "I hope you enjoy/ my book!/Sincerely yours,/...
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My Copy of Have I Got a Cartoon for You!
On Sunday, October 6, in Washington, DC, there was a signing event for Have I Got a Cartoon for You!: The Moment Magazine Book of Jewish Cartoons edited by Bob Mankoff and just recently published. It...
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Dana Fradon: Down on the Beach and Up in the Clouds
A work of original cartoon art created for the New Yorker by the late Dana Fradon (1922-2019) has been available on eBay since April of 2018, if not earlier. It was published in 1988 and mentions the...
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Was a Hitchhiking Cartoon by Charles Saxon Killed by a Fact-Check?
Last week Michael Maslin'sInk Spill published a photograph of an original Charles Saxon cartoon hanging on the wall of the Red Lion Inn in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The drawing shows a couple seated...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #681
Grab a hold of my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #681 for the issue of October 14, 2019. The drawing is by Hartley Lin, who is new to this blog."Why did I ever think you'd do in a...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for September/October 2019
How many caption contest entries are too many? Whatever the number, I've clearly achieved it in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for September/October 2019. Fortunately, there's no earthly limit to...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #45
The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #45 is set at the scene of a bizarre crime. Although there is no limit to the number of captions one can submit, I submitted only the first caption here of the...
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Dana Fradon: The Price of Justice
Original New Yorker cartoon art by Dana Fradon (1922-2019) from the issue of September 13, 1982 depicts a courtroom scene in one-point perspective. The man on the left is addressing a courtroom judge...
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License Plate for a Disney Villainess?
Are we who your license plates say we are?"EVLPRNCS"New York State license plateQuick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:License PlatesAttempted Bloggery's Maleficent Index03060
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My Copy of All the Presidents by Drew Friedman
Caricaturist Drew Friedman's new opus includes, as the title says, All the Presidents and more.My prized copy of the inspired book is signed and inscribed by the artist:Quick Links to the Attempted...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #682
Don't let go of my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #682 for the issue of October 21, 2019. The seasonal drawing is by David Borchart."You know I have separation anxiety!"This caption...
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Latrine Duty: John's Copy of Chas Addams' Black Maria
These days, with the new animated Addams Family movie haunting theaters, it's easy to think of Charles Addams exclusively as the progenitor of his famously creepy family. His prodigious talents as a...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #46
Shark therapy is the subject of the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #46. I submitted four captions. The drawing is by Drew Panckeri."You're gonna need a bigger couch.""The producers of Shark Week...
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Bound for Gorey: The Eclectic Abecedarium
In 1983 Edward Gorey published The Eclectic Abecedarium, his first miniature book. The first edition is limited to 400 copies, the first 100 of which are hand-colored by Gorey. In addition, copy 57 has...
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Gahan Wilson's Very Good Monster
Illustrator Stephen Kroninger has submitted scans of two original drawings by Gahan Wilson. The first was donated by the artist to the P.S. 41 charity school auction some years ago:I will be a very...
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Gahan Wilson: The Unquiet Coven
Don't you hate when this happens?"Could you please make a little less noise?"Gahan WilsonCollier's, October 29, 1954Scan by Dick BuchananNote: You can help support cartoonist Gahan Wilson's medical...
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