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Robert Day: Holiday Inflation
Robert Day's 1952 cartoon about the turkey trade appeared in The Saturday Evening Post. Its publication was timed for the Christmas season and not for Thanksgiving. Still, it seems appropriate to post...
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James Thurber: "The Cat and the Riddle" Musical Program
"The Cat and the Riddle" was performed by the Scarlet Mask Club of Ohio State University on February 4-6, 1924. Billed as "a two act musical mystery" by James G. Thurber '19, at least eight numbers are...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #734
You'll have to hold still for my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #734 dated November 23, 2020. The drawing is by Ellis Rosen."It's time for you to come clean."03451
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Gilbert Bundy: Fair Warning
In Gilbert Bundy'sEsquire cartoon from the October 1953 issue, Mr. Ostack is given due notice:"We've got to stop this drinking, Mr. Ostack, or I won't know what I'm doing[.]"Gilbert BundyEsquire,...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #102
Look, up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #102! My captions are below. The drawing is by Evan Lian."Up, up, and toupee!""I stole it from Lex...
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Giving Thanks 2020
Charles E. MartinThe New Yorker, November 26, 1966https://archives.newyorker.com/newyorker/1966-11-26/flipbook/CV1/I want to use today to thank those generous individuals who have contributed to this...
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Garrett Price: Out of Sight
An undated cartoon rough by Garrett Price was sold on eBay in August. The seller, Illustration House, dates it circa 1945 and specifically calls it a "New Yorker cartoon sketch," which seems reasonable...
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New to the Gallery: Garrett Price Original New Yorker Cover Art
Garrett Price came into his own this week. An original cover illustration for The New Yorker from the summer of 1951 sold for a healthy $6120 at Bonhams New York. Whether that is or isn't a record...
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At the Horse Show: Garrett Price Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
Garrett Price'sNew Yorker cover proposal depicts equestrian activities including show jumping and harness racing. The composition resembles a sketchbook page and does not attempt to show a single...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #735
You can stick a fork in my entry to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #735 for November 30, 2020. The drawing is by Johnny DiNapoli."These days I'm consumed with guilt."03458
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A Family of Swans: Garrett Price Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
Swans, the most graceful of birds, have yet to feature as the sole subject of New Yorker magazine covers. Garrett Price certainly tried to introduce a family of mute swans in their natural habitat, as...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #103
Cartoon Collections states that its Caption Contest #103 "shows a robot or mechanized person and a human who may be a doctor, researcher, or scientist. The human is speaking." Very well, but who says a...
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Edward Gorey: Season's Greetings 1996 Bromer Booksellers
Edward Gorey's cover for the 1996 Bromer Booksellers holiday catalogue depicts nine teddy bears, eight of whom are paired around a Christmas wreath and one of whom rides a unicycle on a tightrope...
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Edward Gorey: The Headless Bust With Signed Bookplate
The Headless Bust (1999) is Edward Gorey's sequel to The Haunted Tea-Cosy (1997). Subtitled A Melancholy Meditation on the False Millenium, the book, Gorey's last, arrived just in time for Y2K. This...
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George Booth: Decorating the Tree
For the December 1947 issue of Leatherneck, cartoonist George Booth illustrates how the Marines work together to decorate a Christmas tree. It would be more than twenty-one years from the time of this...
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Helen E. Hokinson: Decorating the Tree
A color Christmas illustration by Helen E. Hokinson was sold on eBay unseasonably in June. Accompanied by no fewer than four servants, one of Hokinson's inimitable matrons is shown adding the garland...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #736
This one took me way back. Below is my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #736 for December 7, 2020. The drawing is by Michael Maslin."Fine. You wear that and I'll evolve wings."These...
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Ronald Searle: A Christmas Carol and Hot Elder Wine
The elderberry is "the Englishman's grape" and can be used to make a rich, fruity wine. In Victorian era winters, hot elder wine was sold from stands in the street. It could also be served indoors, as...
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Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #104
It's time to get jolly with the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #104. The drawing is by Michael Shaw. The captions are mine. The winner gets to keep the original art inscribed with the winning...
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Chuck's Copy of Vip on Love... Relations in Strange Locations
Chuck's copy of Vip on Love... Relations in Strange Locations (1978) is making an absurd but disturbing comment on the Jewish holidays. The date, October 16, 1978, corresponds to the first full day of...
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