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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #711
Will my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #71 for the issue of March 25, 2020 be scored as an error? The drawing is by John Klossner."I'm just watching baseball and being a couch...
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Peter Arno's Copy of Horses and Heroes by Frazier and Robert Hunt
Frazier Hunt (1885-1967) and his son Robert Hunt published their book Horses and Heroes: The Story of the Horse in America for 450 Years early in 1949. New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno (1904-1968)...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #76
We're now up to the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #76. The filename for the image is Bird Hygge. I had to look it up, but it works. My entries are shown here. The drawing is by Ellis Rosen."It's...
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Peter Arno: Bonanza
Bonanza is a Michigan Rummy board game played on a large cloth or board with chips and a deck of cards. Parker Brothers issued the game in 1936 featuring a prominent box illustration by New Yorker...
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Peter Arno's Parade: The American and British Covers
Peter Arno's first cartoon collection was Parade published in New York by Horace Liveright in 1929. The dust jacket illustration does show a parade of sorts: recognizable Arno types dressed to the...
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George Gershwin's Copy of The Low-Down by Charles G. Shaw
In 1928, Charles G. Shaw published a series of profiles of American luminaries. Each subject was illustrated by the New Yorker's popular cartoonist Peter Arno. Arno's portrait of author Anita...
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The Bedside Tales: Armed Services Edition
Armed Services Edition No. 933 published in November of 1945 was a selection of short stories from The Bedside Tales (1945). It was issued six months after VE Day, a time when soldiers waiting to be...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #712
Signed on the dotted line before it's too late and then peruse my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #712 for June 1, 2020. The drawing is by Mick Stevens."You are now fully covered. May I...
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Richard Taylor in College Humor, March 1938
Cartoonist Richard Taylor'sNew Yorker work will be familiar to many readers here. To date I have found only one cartoon of his in the pages of College Humor. If he published further work in that...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #77
Three entries are permitted in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #77. Mine are shown below. The drawing is by Bob Eckstein."Have I got a part for you!""Elvis is taken. Why don't you go by your...
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I. Klein: Heavenly Hope for Sale
You never know who will show up at the office, hat in hand—and you never know what will show up on eBay. I. Klein's original cartoon art, recently sold at the auction site, is a study in contrasts:...
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I. Klein: The Triumph of the Melting Pot
An original drawing by I. Kleinof many men (and one woman) sporting straw hats was offered recently on eBay where it sold with a best offer. The art has a notation saying it "must go June 5," which...
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eBay 101: Bernard Schoenbaum's Workout
What's wrong with this picture? The award for poorest photography of original New Yorker art ever presented on eBay goes to...Bernard SchoenbaumOriginal artThe New Yorker, February 9, 1987, page...
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eBay 101: The King's Diary by Henry Martin
It's hard to believe that some people still can't rotate photographs, but the eBay seller offering a New Yorker original by cartoonist Henry Martin in 2015 presented three of the five photographs...
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Henry Martin: This Week's Trouble Spots
Henry Martin's nationally-syndicated panel cartoon Good News/Bad News was collected in book form in 1977. Less well-known is his panel strip The Philadelphians which ran in the Philadelphia Inquirer....
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Sidney Harris Timed Release Capsules
Welcome to the lab. Original cartoon art by Sidney Harris heralds a significant advance in pharmacology. Cheers!"Then gradually, throughout the day, the capsule releases tiny amounts of bourbon or...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #78
I tried breaking my way into the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #78 where up to three entries were permitted. Mine are shown here. The drawing is by Jon Adams."Never trust GPS.""Thank goodness no...
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Reamer Keller in College Humor, May 1937
What sort of gags did cartoonist Reamer Keller create for the bright young crowd who perused the College Humor issue of May 1937? Why, hillbilly cartoons, of course, one of Keller's specialties....
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Reamer Keller in College Humor, July 1937
Maybe it isn't the cleverest pun ever coined, but maybe this cartoon set in a fancy restaurant is still good enough for those undemanding College Humor readers back in 1937. Reamer Keller serves up a...
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Reamer Keller in College Humor, September 1937
Cartoonist Reamer Keller had but one gag in the September 1937 issue of College Humor. It's good to know when it's okay to break the rules."Don't pay any attention to that—my husband's a traffic...
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