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Gahan Wilson Signed Dave's Copy of Cartoon Laffs from True
Generally speaking, paperback cartoon collections that sold for a quarter when new aren't all that valuable today. Therefore, to see a copy of Cartoon Laffs from True newly offered for sale at $75 is...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #687
Happy Thanksgiving week! I celebrated with an entry in the parade-themed New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #687. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."Well played, Mr. Macy!"These captions deflated...
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Jerry Marcus: The First Thanksgiving
Dick Buchanan has gone into his Cartoon Clip Files again in search of long-neglected holiday humor. He has found an old Saturday Evening Post cartoon by Jerry Marcus depicting the first Thanksgiving....
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #51
This week I found it unusually challenging to bring together the disparate elements of the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #51. The drawing is by P. C. Vey. "At least THEY'RE too smart to be...
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Ted Key: A Hazel Thanksgiving
For Thanksgiving, the industrious Dick Buchanan has gone to his Cartoon Clip Files and produced a scan of "Hazel" by Ted Key. Dick writes:Hazel came to him in a dream one night and, in the beginning,...
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Michel Suffran's Copy of Quelques Romantiques by Jean-Jacques Sempé
French novelist Michel Suffran (1931-2018) of Bordeaux passed away last year and, as might be expected, books from his library are now appearing on the market. His copy of Quelques romantiques (1986)...
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New Yorker Comics or Cartoons?
On the shelves of a popular independent bookstore I recently noted a sign reading New YorkerComics. I won't mention the store's name, but it can be found downtown at 12th Street and Broadway in the...
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Original New Yorker Dog Cartoons by Arnie Levin and Michael Maslin
Jo Sullivan originated the role of Rosabella, the young mail-order bride in the original 1956 Broadway production of Frank Loesser's"The Most Happy Fella." She married the composer in 1959. After her...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #688
You'd better salute my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #688 for December 2, 2019. The drawing is by Carolita Johnson."Everyone has his price. Mine is a matter of record."These captions...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #52
Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #52 ended at least eight minutes earlier than scheduled so my usual last-minute entry could not be submitted. This sort of thing happens more than one might think....
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License Plate for a Pied Piper?
Is this the license plate of someone in pest control? Or might the owner work with laboratory rats? "RATS-1"New York State license plate03099
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Blog Post No. 3100: Frank Beaven's Dickensian Christmas
It seems my friends all know how to make good use of their scanners, something I seem to be constitutionally unable to learn to do with my own. My good friend Jerome Wrinkle has contributed a superb...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #689
In the name of the King, behold ye my faire entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #689 for December 9, 2019. The drawing is by Drew Dernavich."I had the right of way."This caption didn't...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for November/December 2019
Moment magazine's latest Cartoon Caption Contest for November/December 2019 closed on November 30 just after Thanksgiving. This time around it's a holiday cartoon we are asked to caption, although...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #53
Shiver me timbers! The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #53 has alas ended. The drawing is by Christopher Wheeler."Cutty Sark?""Perhaps something a bit more dry?""I understand you're in dry...
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My Copy of Berkeleyworks by Berkeley Breathed
My copy of Berkeleyworks: The Art of Berkeley Breathed—From Bloom County and Beyond (2017) is signed by the artist with an original drawing of Opus. This is an instance of an artist who is...
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My Other Copy of The Art of Nothing by Patrick McDonnell
Patrick McDonell's public conversation with Chip Kidd at the Society of Illustrators on November 6 concluded with a book signing. The cartoonist not only signed a copy of The Art of Nothing: 25 Years...
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Otto Soglow: New Masses for December 1932
New Yorker cartoonist Otto Soglow (1900-1975) gives us one of the slimmest Santas in memory for the December 1932 issue of New Masses. Today Soglow is chiefly remembered as the creator of The Little...
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Middy and Whitney Darrow's Copy of Chas Addams' Nightcrawlers
Cartoonists fortunate enough to publish collections of their work have been known on occasion to create especially nice presentation copies of such books for their fellow cartoonists. Such is certainly...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #690
That's one small step for my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #690 for December 16, 2019. The giant leap of a drawing is by Michael Maslin."Here we are, sir, back to 1-G."These captions...
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