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Sight Unseen: Isabel's Copy of The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons
*and the people who live with themThat ridiculous pair of asterisks in The New Yorker Book of Kids* Cartoons: *and the people who live with them (2001) makes it one of the most ungainly titles in the...
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John O'Hara: A Signed Pach Brothers Photograph
I always liked John O'Hara's books, although it's been a good twenty-five years now since I last took the plunge. I get the sense he is not being read much these days by anyone. That's a shame. I still...
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Frances's Copy of The World of John Lardner
Sports writer John Lardner (1912-1960) wrote for the New York Herald Tribune, Newsweek, the New Yorker, and other leading publications. After his death, Roger Kahn (1927-2020) collected much of his...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #700
Take a dose of my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #700 for March 9, 2020. The drawing is by Kaamran Hafeez."Your insurance doesn't cover mythological conditions."These captions I'm even...
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Winsor McCay Endorses...FDR
Winsor McCay, acclaimed creator of "Gertie the Dinosaur,"Dreams of the Rarebit Fiend, and Little Nemo in Slumberland also distinguished himself as an editorial cartoonist. Here, from the pages of the...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #66
No more than three entries are permitted in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #66 and these are mine. The drawing is by Tom Toro."I take back my saying you've dammed up everything but the kitchen...
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A Jean-Jacques Sempé Poster for Galerie Seder 1970
It is computed, that eleven thousand persons have, at several times, suffered death, rather than submit to break their eggs at the smaller end.—Jonathan SwiftGulliver's Travels, 1726Part 1 "A Voyage to...
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Jean-Jacques Sempé: L'ami Gustave
Jean-Jacques Sempé's watercolor L'ami Gustave was sold at auction at the end of 2017, the year in which it was painted. Gustav is depicted wearing drab 19th century dress with a drab 19th century...
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A "Squatter's Rights" Production Cel Signed by Walt Disney
A production cel from the animated short "Squatter's Rights" (1946) signed by Walt Disney depicts a wintry scene that did not actually appear on screen, at least not in this manner. The characters...
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Ronald Searle: Tears Flow Easy in a Dublin Pub
Ronald Searle visited Dublin in 1962 on assignment for Holiday magazine. A portfolio of Searle's drawings from the trip was published in the magazine in April of 1963.Ronald...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #701
Today's special is my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #701 for March 16, 2020. The drawing is by Mort Gerberg."How is the cheese plate prepared?"Note: In last week's Caption Contest,...
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Blog Post No. 3200: St. Patrick's Day 1938—William Cotton Original New Yorker...
A number of the covers—Irvin's of 3/31/34 and 11/21/36, Cotton's of 3/19/1938—would certainly be considered unprintably racist now...—John UpdikeThe Complete Covers of The New Yorker 1925-1989 Will...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #66
This week I hope my entries in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #66 really clean up. The drawing is by John Klossner."I told you we could still have fun while social distancing.""It's my turn to...
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Ronald Searle and Cambridge: The Catalogue
The exhibition "Ronald Searle and Cambridge" appeared at the Fitzwilliam Museum at the University of Cambridge between October 2015 and January 2016. Ronald Searle (1920-2011), a native of Cambridge,...
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John and Therese Wright's Copy of Desclozeaux
The Institut français du Royaume-Uni in South Kensington held an exhibition of work by French cartoonist Jean-Pierre Desclozeaux in January and February of 1982. It was the artist's first showing in...
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Saul Steinberg: Derrière le Miroir No. 224, May 1977
Derrière le Miroir (DLM) is an art magazine that was published by Aimé Maeght between the years 1946 and 1982. Each issue presented a portfolio of an artist's work related to an exhibition at the...
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Peter Arno: Ringling Bros.–Barnum & Bailey Circus Magazine 1942
Visitors to the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1942 could purchase a 15-cent program with a color cover illustration by the New Yorker's most popular cartoonist, Peter Arno, who...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #702
Just in time for the closing of all the hair salons and barber shops in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19, I humbly present my entry in The...
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Charles M. Schulz: Baseball Season
Whoever expected to see a spring season without baseball? Even Charlie Brown would be disappointed.Charles M. SchulzAbeBooks Listing Accessed January 17,...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #67
Those who find our current global predicament amusing should enjoy Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #67. The rest of us might find it hits a little too close to home. My three entries are below. The...
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