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Sight Unseen: Rehearsal's Off! by George Booth Dedicated to Ron and Rosalie
A possibly unique copy of Rehearsal's Off! (1976) by George Booth presented this collector with the classic conundrum of buying books sight unseen: whether to purchase an inadequately-described book...
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George Booth: The Poor Cat in the Corner
If I have a flaw, and my wife will tell you I have many, it is a willingness to ignore issues of condition where artwork is concerned—and, no, that's not even one from her list. For me, the story of an...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #774
Land ho! It's The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #774 from the issue dated October 4, 2021. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Paul Karasik."Guess what? X marked a sandbar."These captions...
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From Charles Addams, Aged 13
Remember the "Got Milk?" advertising campaign? Bernie Hogya, the creative director behind the famous ads, would have been thirteen years old in 1970 and it is in that year, I conjecture here for...
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Edward Gorey: A Costume Design for Dracula
Edward Gorey (1925-2000) designed the sets for the 1977 stage production of "Dracula," but it was that play's costume design for which he won a Tony Award. The original art for Jonathan Harker's...
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Danny Shanahan: High-Tech Heist
We learn from a recent eBay sale that the late Danny Shanahan (1956-2021) produced an undated demonstration sketch on a large sheet of newsprint dedicated to one Charles. It has been framed, which...
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A George Plimpton Letter to Danny Shanahan
George Plimpton (1927-2003), editor of The Paris Review, had been in attendance at a book launch for Lee Lorenz'sThe Art of the New Yorker 1925-1995 where he, Plimpton, polymath that he was, joined the...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #775
It's too late now for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #775 from the issue dated October 11, 2021. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Sarah Kempa."Did one of you cue the...
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Mrs. Schaefer's Copy of Monster Rally by Charles Addams
It is my casual observation that Charles Addams didn't create all that many souvenir drawings featuring solely Gomez from the Addams Family. His book drawings are quite often populated with Wednesday...
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Vic Mizzy: The Addams Family Theme
It seems almost inexplicable today, but an autograph musical quotation, signed, of Vic Mizzy's iconic theme song to "The Addams Family" television show based, of course, on the classic New Yorker...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #140
Admittedly, it was slow going for me these past weeks, as it was for the two diners in the CartoonStock Caption Contest #140, which I never even got to. Although there are now two weeks to work on each...
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Personna Advertising Art by Whitney Darrow, Jr., Part 2
As we have seen previously, New Yorker cartoonist Whitney Darrow, Jr., created advertising art for the client Personna, maker of fine razor blades. The illustration shown here depicts an ancient man...
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My Copy of The Elements of Stress by Bob Eckstein and Michael Shaw
I wish to thank snowman expert and New Yorker cartoonist Bob Eckstein for a signed copy of The Elements of Stress (2020), which he cowrote with fellow New Yorker cartoonist Michael Shaw. The book is...
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My Copy of Inked by Joe Dator
The full title of Joe Dator's funny and informative new book is Inked: Cartoons, Confessions, Rejected Ideas and Secret Sketches from The New Yorker's Joe Dator. The official release date is Tuesday,...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #776
Last week I worked from home on The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #776 from the issue dated October 18, 2021. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Mort Gerberg."I wish he knew as much...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for September/October 2021
Reveille it ain't. The ram's horn is called a shofar and it is traditionally blown during Jewish synagogue services on Rosh Hashanah and at the end of Yom Kippur. Momentmagazine's Cartoon Caption...
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George Booth: A Signed Omnibooth Promotion
Who could pass up an opportunity to enjoy some of George Booth's work? A print promotion for his collection Omnibooth (1984) signed by the cartoonist turned up on eBay where it was sold this summer for...
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Peter Kuper's Spy vs. Spy: The Top Secret Files!—Signed
Congratulations to cartoonist Peter Kuper, the 2021 recipient of the Reuben Award for the category of Magazine/Newspaper Illustration. Among his many accomplishments, Kuper has been drawing the comic...
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License Plate for Carrying Trick-or-Treaters?
A license plate spotted in the city seems especially appropriate as Halloween approaches."MONSTRR"New York State license plate03785
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