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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #789
This week I floated a caption to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #789 from the issue of January 31, 2022. My entry is shown below. The drawing is by Christopher Weyant."I don't suppose you left...
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Patrick McDonnell: Princeton Loves Pets
A pin-back button featuring the characters Mooch and Earl from the Mutts comic strip was distributed at Patrick McDonnell's 2017 appearance at the Princeton Public Library. The design, dominated by the...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #148
I might take a little heat for my entries in the CartoonStock Caption Contest #148. My captions are shown below. The cave drawing is by Mick Stevens."Let's not ruin it by inventing a smoke alarm.""Care...
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Peter Arno for Penn Maryland Whiskey
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes was a popular 1925 novel by Anita Loos that inspired a 1928 silent film of the same name (and a Technicolor musical in 1953 starring Jane Russell and Marilyn Monroe). Aware of...
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Otto Soglow for Penn Maryland Whiskey
After Peter Arno's advertisement for Penn Maryland Whiskey's "Gentlemen Prefer Blends" campaign, cartoonist Otto Soglow had his own variation on the theme. Soglow's six-panel cartoon appeared as a full...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #790
This week I drove right smack into The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #790 from the issue of February 7, 2022. My entry is shown below. The drawing is by Farley Katz."I have collision and I'm not...
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License Plate for a Sailboarder?
There are, after all, only so many names for the sport."WNSURF"Massachusetts license plate03870
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School Days: Cartoons from The New Yorker
School Days: Cartoons from The New Yorker is a 2010 Cartoon Bank collection, one of many that have eluded me—until now. When I found a copy selling for just $4.00 on AbeBooks with free shipping, I...
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The Rejected Lovers Inscribed by William Steig
Here we have the second signed copy of William Steig'sThe Rejected Lovers (1951) to appear on this blog. Both are stated first editions but this one retains its original dust jacket. This copy is...
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The Lovers' Keepsake by Raymond Peynet
The French take pride in knowing a little something about love. French cartoonist Raymond Peynet's les amoureaux, or the lovers, became exceedingly popular in the postwar period. Through their imprint...
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Matt Groening: A Binky Valentine
Binky, the rabbit from Matt Groening's comic strip Life in Hell, is depicted on a souvenir card running with a valentine. The original sketch is executed in blue and red ink and dated November 17,...
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Lady and the Tramp Scene Stealer
Who doesn't remember the spaghetti dinner from Walt Disney's "Lady and the Tramp" (1955)? A beautiful pair of cells of the title characters are trimmed and mounted on a reproduction background of...
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Georg Jensen: Moon Fantasy
Georg Jensen's Moon Fantasy brooch and earrings appear in a 1945 advertisement, according to a seller on eBay. Appearing at the end of World War II in an English language ad, they may very well be a...
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Liza Donnelly: Funny Ladies and Very Funny Ladies
A year ago I wondered to myself whether I could resist buying a signed copy of Liza Donnelly'sFunny Ladies: The New Yorker's Greatest Women Cartoonists and Their Cartoons (2005)? Certainly not, and I...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #149
I hope I didn't slip up on my entries in the CartoonStock Caption Contest #149. My three captions are shown below. The drawing is by Shannon Wheeler."Either it's gigantic or I don't understand...
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H. O. Hofman: Horse Stall Neighbors
Illustrator H. O. Hofman's delightful drawing of a pair of horses in adjoining stalls was apparently published as a spot for The New Yorker in 1926. According to Ink Spill, Hofman's work appeared in...
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Roz Chast: Presidents' Day Sale
The Purple Pussycat Boutique, Roz Chast's fictitious sex shop, is based on the Pink Pussycat Boutique located on West 4th Street in the Village. The gag in which the store appeared was published in The...
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Roz Chast: And One Day, When He Least Expected It...
An ink and watercolor drawing on a 4" x 6" postcard was donated by artist Roz Chast to a 2010 fundraiser for the Silvermine Guild Arts Center in New Canaan, Connecticut. Postcards were sold at a fixed...
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Roz Chast: Poster for "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife"
Charles Busch's comedy "The Tale of the Allergist's Wife" directed by Lynne Meadow and starring Linda Lavin, Tony Roberts, and Michele Lee opened on Broadway at the Barrymore Theatre in 2000. The...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #791
This week I had to sleep in the doghouse while puzzling over The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #791 from the issue of February 14 & 21, 2022. My entry is shown below. The drawing is by Lonnie...
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