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Mischa Richter: Taming of the Shrew Scarf for Richard Farrar
I come to wive it wealthily in Padua;If wealthily, then happily in Padua.The Taming of the Shrew, Act I, scene iiAs we have seen, New Yorker artists Charles Addams, Helen E. Hokinson, Anatol Kovarsky,...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #695
Please accept without reservation my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #695 for January 27, 2020. The drawing is by Elisabeth McNair."We don't have any toastmasters' meeting."Note: In...
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My Copy of Patricia Marx and Roz Chast's You Can Only Yell at Me for One...
Patty Marx won me over with her novel Him Her Him Again the End of Him (2007), a hilarious sendup of contemporary relationships and, as a bonus, academic pretense. Roz Chast has been one of the New...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #60
A man sits perched in a birdcage while the speaker is a woman, surely his wife, who is having tea with a friend. This is the setup for the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #60. Only three entries...
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Georg Jensen Brooch #88 with Lapis
In September an example of Georg Jensen brooch #88 with a lapis lazuli cabochon was sold on eBay. The brooch is small and this design is not all that common, particularly with colored stones. It is...
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Maurice Sendak: Moishe by Moonlight
We are plausibly told that the second state of Maurice Sendak's 1980 etching Moishe by Moonlight is a rarity, but that doesn't quite tell us how many prints of this image were actually pulled. It's an...
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Edward Frascino: Rhino Romance
New Yorker cartoonist Edward Frascino channels Cole Porter as he follow the time-honored tradition of quoting song lyrics in cartoon captions. The original art, bearing white-out corrections, carries a...
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Puppy Love
The course of true love never did run smoothA Midsummer Night's DreamWilliam ShakespeareEven Mickey and Minnie Mouse have had their troubles. Just imagine Minnie's consternation. She has just received...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #696
Grab a mouthful of my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #695 for February 3, 2020. The drawing is by Hartley Lin."Well, Trevor, if the shoe fits..."Note: In last week's Caption Contest,...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for January/February 2020
Brrr! I was inspired to submit way too many entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for January/February 2020. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz."Hey, neighbor! How's it hanging?""Need an extra...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #61
I did not enter the "Dead Date" installment of the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest, #61, and rereading my tentative caption I suppose that's just as well. The drawing is by Ellis Rosen."On second...
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Gahan Wilson: The Road Not Taken
Jerome Wrinkle has contributed fresh scans of an original color cartoon by the late Gahan Wilson (1930-2019) which should please anyone who has ever despaired of understanding the behavior of the...
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Ronald Searle: The Mysterious Object
It's hard to imagine what may have prompted Ronald Searle to create The Mysterious Object, a satiric 1978 lithograph produced in an edition of 99. The object in question receives much concerned...
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Ronald Searle: Love Feast
Say what you will about Ronald Searle, he knew a little something about love. He also knew how to create extraordinarily unique lithographic images on large 50 by 65 centimeter sheets, many of them...
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Bernard Schoenbaum: For Love or Money
Original 1991 New Yorker cartoon art by Bernard Schoenbaumwas sold on eBay in 2016. An older man and a younger woman are seated in a restaurant. She is the speaker and her somewhat unguarded words tell...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #697
Stand clear of the closing doors on my career entering The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #697 for February 10, 2020. The drawing is by Jeremy Nguyen."Soon you'll be wishing for shark-infested...
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Leo Cullum: Critics in Love
Love is in the air this week. On that score, a 1990 New Yorker cartoon by Leo Cullum bears the title Critics in Love. In 2000 the original drawing was consigned by the artist to Impolitic Cartoon...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #62
Once again I did not enter the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #62, but one can see from the preliminary captions I wrote that it probably wouldn't have mattered anyway. The drawing is by David...
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Smilby: Breakfast Reading
Dick Buchanan has gone into his vast Cartoon Clip Files and found a vintage Valentine's Day cartoon from Punch by Smilby (1927-2009). Smilby is a pen name for British cartoonist Francis Wilford-Smith....
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Love is Walking Hand in Hand Signed by Charles M. Schulz
A first edition of Love is Walking Hand in Hand (1965) signed by Charles M. Schulz has sold for $850 on AbeBooks. It could make someone a splendid Valentine's Day present. Charles M. SchulzAbeBooks...
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