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Middy and Whitney Darrow's Drawing of Pugsley by Charles Addams
New Yorker cartoonist Whitney Darrow, Jr., and his wife Middy were given a sketch by Charles Addams of the Addams Family's Pugsley. They had it matted and framed, as who wouldn't? It is inscribed "For...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #54
I have only one entry in Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #54. The drawing is by Ellis Rosen."I'm going to have to fail you on parallel parking."Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:Ellis...
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Middy and Whitney Darrow's Copy of Consenting Adults by Peter De Vries
Prolific New Yorker writer and humorist Peter De Vries (1910-1993) wrote twenty-three novels including Consenting Adults or The Duchess Will Be Furious published in 1980. A copy of this book inscribed...
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Doris Laufer's Copy of Good Ol' Charlie Brown by Charles M. Shulz
One does not need to venture very far out on the proverbial limb to surmise that the Doris Laufer to whom cartoonist Charles M. Schulz dedicated a prepublication copy of Good Ol' Charlie Brown (1957)...
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Karl Haendel: New Yorker Cartoon Drawing #27
In 2007 artist Karl Haendel appropriated his twenty-seventh New Yorker cartoon, mining the work of cartoonist David Sipress for at least the second time. A 2004 work, New Yorker Cartoon Drawing #9,...
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Julian Lennon's Copy of The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics
I have long been intrigued by The Beatles Illustrated Lyrics (1969) edited by rock illustrator Alan Aldridge. I recall in high school being entranced by at least some of its commissioned illustrations...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #691
Pull over in your pullover and enjoy my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #691 for the issue of December 23, 2019. The drawing is by Paul Karasik. Just don't call it ugly."I warned you...
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Jillian Somers's Copy of Snoopy and the Red Baron
Jillian Somers's copy of Snoopy and the Red Baron (1966) is handily the nicest copy of the book to appear on this blog—there have been only two, after all—and perhaps the nicest copy to appear on any...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #55
Let's beam up to the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #55. The drawing is by Tom Toro."Get your hands off my thesis!""Let go of my science project!""Abduct your own damn alien!"Quick Links to the...
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Constantin Alajálov in the Style of Henri Matisse
A colorful female nude painted by Constantin Alajálov (1900-1987) is slated to be sold at auction on Monday by Zikorn Arts in New York. It belonged to jazz drummer Teddy Sommer (1924-2017). The auction...
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Ronald Searle: A New Year's Letter to Jean Ellsmoor
December 27, 1961. Ronald Searle, newly-fled to Paris, writes to his London secretary Jean Ellsmoor. How common could it have been then for a busy illustrator to type letters to his secretary? Searle...
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Mystery Fan: 1943 Pepsi-Cola Calendar by Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Who doesn't love a good mystery? New Yorker cartoonist Whitney Darrow, Jr. (1909-1999), illustrates Pepsi-Cola's promotional calendar for 1943 with a cola-loving Mystery Fan. The image was reused as...
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The Sultan of Sweet: 1945 Pepsi-Cola Calendar by Otto Soglow
Seventy-five years ago, New Yorker cartoonist Otto Soglow (1900-1975) illustrated Pepsi-Cola's calendar for the year 1945. In that year, like 2020, New Year's Day fell on a Wednesday. Unlike 2020, 1945...
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Peter Arno: Faces in the Window
New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno (1904-1968) occasionally repurposed a published gag idea for a different market. He didn't exactly copy himself, but he might on occasion revisit a very similar...
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Ringing in the New Year with George Booth, Gahan Wilson, and Robert Weber
Scans of three vintage New Year cartoons come to us courtesy of Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Clip Files. Each of the three cartoonists represented here was eventually to become a major New Yorker...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #56
Try not to stare at my entries in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #56. The drawing is by David Borchart."On the plus side, I'm never lonely.""Oh, some herbal blend. Why?""You learn to change in...
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Lee Lorenz: Weight Watcher
For those of us who started off this new year resolving to eat better and stay fit, the New Yorker's former art editor Lee Lorenz has an important reality check. His message is conveyed in a lively...
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Lee Lorenz: In the Beginning
In the Beginning is apparently the second color lithographic edition created for the Circle Fine Art Corporation by New Yorker art editor Lee Lorenz. It was struck in January 1990 at the American...
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Ronald Searle: They're All Against Me
In 1975 Ronald Searle adapted his New Yorker cover of February 17, 1973 into a lithograph entitled They're All Against Me. Searle had no choice but to execute the magazine cover as a vertical...
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Ronald Searle: Dolce Vita
Ronald Searle took his lazy, hazy, crazy New Yorker cover of the summer of 1975 and made it into a lithograph that same year in an edition of 99. The strap required by the magazine along the left side...
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