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Jack Ziegler: A Bit Out of Your Price Range
In 2001, the Cartoon Bank sold Jack Ziegler'sNew Yorker original published in the issue of April 30, 1979. Bob Mankoff, the President of the Cartoon Bank, asserted the drawing's value at the time to be...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #743
Even I can't swallow my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #743 for February 8, 2021. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."Hey, leave a little something for his trophy wife."These captions were...
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Hank Ketcham: COMWOLFPAC Staff
Before he created the comic panel and strip Dennis the Menace, cartoonist Hank Ketcham served in the US Navy during the Second World War. His work in support of the war effort apparently included...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #113
It's beach season already in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #113. My three entries are below. The drawing is by Carolita Johnson."I'm afraid I haven't a clue.""It's not just you. Your Mom...
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Arthur Getz and the WPA
Three of New Yorker cover artist Arthur Getz's early post office murals for the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration are documented in an archive sold this month at Swann Auction...
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Vic Streit's Copy of Edward Koren's Do You Want To Talk About It?
Longtime contributor David from Manhattan writes, musing on a distinctive copy of cartoonist Edward Koren's classic collection Do You Want To Talk About It? (1976):Here's an unusual Edward Koren item...
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Maurice Sendak: Costume Design Rough for "The Love of Three Oranges"
Maurice Sendak created costume and stage designs for the Glyndebourne Festival Opera production of Sergei Prokofiev's"The Love of Three Oranges." There was both a television production and a stage...
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William Steig: A Proposal
William Steig's original cartoon for The New Yorker of December 6, 1958 has been listed by bookseller James Cummins with the caption "Sandra, my happiness is in your hands." Perhaps that's what's...
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Maurice Sendak: The Horn Book Magazine Poster
Traditionally, The Horn Book Magazine's cover featured an adaptation of an illustration by Randolph Caldecott showing three huntsmen on horseback blowing their—you guessed...
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William Steig: The Horn Book Magazine Poster
After Maurice Sendak, the second artist asked to create a cover for a year's run of The Horn Book Magazine was William Steig. His cover had its premiere in the November-December 1986 issue. The...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #114
Pretend not to notice the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #114. My three entries are below. The drawing is by Teresa Burns Parkhurst."How many of us will it take till one of them notices?""This...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for January/February 2021
Moment magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest for January/February 2021 rings out the old year and rings in the new. It dates from that recent time when we were optimistic that 2021 would be a much better...
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A James Thurber Letter to Mary Petty
In the summer of 1951, James Thurber was prompted to write to fellow cartoonist Mary Petty. He had been listening to the radio and heard an interview conducted by Cholly Knickerbocker (Igor Cassini)...
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License Plate for a Nintendo Gamer?
On second thought, I don't think I really needed to pose this one as a question. This license plate was spotted in an outer borough yesterday."LGNDZLDA"New York State license plate03542
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A Signed Copy of Maira Kalman's My Favorite Things
txtMaira KalmanAbeBooks listing accessed February 10,...
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A Coffee Mug for Valentine's Day 2021
One of my Valentine's Day gifts this year is a cartoon mug, shown below with one of our cats slinking by behind it. On the side of the coffee mug is emblazoned a 2013 cartoon that I had never seen...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #744
It seems it's a dog's life in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #744 for February 22, 2021. You'd never think I had two weeks to work on this one. The drawing is by Mick Stevens. "Hey, look what...
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A Copy of The New Yorker's First Issue
The first issue of The New Yorker hit the newsstands 96 years ago this week. It featured Rea Irvin'snovel cover illustration of a dandy regarding a butterfly through his monocle. A curiosity to be...
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The Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #115
Let's see if you can find my three entries in the Cartoon Collections Caption Contest #115. The drawing is by Evan Lian."Now I wish he'd disappear.""I just can't seem to lose him.""Don't get excited....
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Doc, Sneezy, and Bashful: Snow White Courvoisier Production Cels
A Courvoisier Galleries cel from Walt Disney's "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" (1937) features Doc, Sneezy, and Bashful. It remains "in fine condition" more than eighty years after the film's...
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