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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #392
Here is my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #392 for August 26, 2013. The cartoon is by Harry Bliss, but the caption is mine."Because Hulk suspended from Major League Baseball!"Note:...
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Signed with a Drawing of Pogo by Walt Kelly
A prized copy of the first Pogo collection was signed and inscribed by Walt Kelly with an original drawing of Pogo Possum. The eBay seller is correct to point out that this is not a first edition, but...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Fifty Whacks
Walt Kelly's original artwork for the Pogo strip of June 26, 1971 features a bulldog who is a caricature of F.B.I. Director J. Edgar Hoover. The strip also includes a hyena in full regalia who...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: School for Burglars
The original Sunday artwork for Walt Kelly'sPogo is always a treat. The comic strip for May 27, 1956 had a pretty good gag too. Barnstable Bear is the only regular character in this strip, though, and...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Prince Albert
Back in 1972, the character Albert Alligator from Walt Kelly'sPogo comic strip must have won some kind of million dollar lottery which he offered to share with Beauregard Bugleboy. The original artwork...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #393
Here is my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #393 for September 2, 2013. The cartoon is by Charles Barsotti. The caption is mine."I remind you we're neutral in the CBS-Time Warner Cable...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: The Greatest Secret of All Time
Shh! I'm counting on you not to reveal the greatest secret of all time! Here is original artwork for Walt Kelly's Pogo comic strip in brilliant brushed ink over blue pencil dated January 25, 1963....
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Albert is Speechless
Even when I don't particularly care for the gag, as is the case with this Sunday Pogo original comic strip art from 1955, I love to see Walt Kelly's incredible line work up close. For me, an amateur,...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Understanding Chinese
As I've mentioned here before, sometime during the remainder of this year I expect China to surpass Brazil in all-time page views for this blog, elevating it to the exalted rank of tenth in the world...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Mr. Pig and Fido the Liberator
Once again, Walt Kelly dazzles with his original brushed ink artwork for a daily Pogo comic strip, this time from 1962. Mr. Pig and Fido the Liberator are mentioned but do not appear in this strip. Mr....
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Puce Stamps
So, those Puce Stamps mentioned in Walt Kelly'sPogo comic strip back in 1962 actually do exist. Mr. Pig, who does business in the Puce Stamps, is a caricature of Nikita Kruschev.Walt Kelly, Original...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Groundhog Day 1964
Here is the original artwork for Walt Kelly'sPogo comic strip dating from the day before Groundhog Day 1964. If we weren't told specifically that the character Grundoon is a groundhog, I don't think...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Big Time
Everything is big in this big Sunday page of original artwork for Pogo by Walt Kelly. The elephant Peanie Brickle is big, his idea is big, the cars are big, the ads for the cars are big, and the puns...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #394
Here is my latest entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest for September 9, 2013. The cartoon is the work of John Klossner. The caption is mine."I find the days drag."An alternate caption I...
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Best Wishes from Pogo and Walt Kelly
Here is a framed and matted presentation drawing by Walt Kelly of his comic strip character Pogo. It is executed in pencil on a 3" x 5" card. It's also matted and framed, which is precisely what you...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for July/August 2013
Up until this point, my entries in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest have been something of a disappointment. Part of the problem has been my lackluster captions, to be sure, but the other part of...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Unknown Superstitions
There are all kinds of superstitions, but this 1958 daily from Walt Kelly's wildly inventive Pogo comic strip is the first I've seen to express the fear of unknown superstitions. That could include...
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Pogo: Sponsored Links
Have you noticed all the Pogo pieces I've done recently? Well, eBay has taken notice too. Apparently I've been doing a lot of searching on the auction site for Pogo, Walt Kelly's superb comic strip...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: Lost
Here's some more original Pogo Sunday comic strip art by the great Walt Kelly. Albert Alligator is "Lost, lost, lost." Will he find his way back?Walt Kelly, Original Sunday Artwork for Pogo, August 11,...
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Walt Kelly's Pogo: The National Debt
This original artwork by Walt Kelly for his Pogo comic strip touches on the U.S. national debt in 1959. Kelly quotes the very specific monetary cost of $14,992.59, presumably the cowbird couple's share...
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