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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Winter 2022
Moment magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest for the Winter 2022 issue recalls many a vivid nightmare. My several captions are shown below. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz.Moment's contest entries...
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Barbara Shermund: The Effortless Dinner Party
A black and white drawing by cartoonist Barbara Shermund gives us a glimpse at the sort of formal, intimate dinner party so few of us seem to get invited to. Amidst the stately opulence, there is the...
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Barbara Shermund for Wings Sportswear
There's no telling what good fortune might befall a man with the good taste to wear Wings Sport Shirts. Barbara Shermund's World War II-era advertisement depicts a well-dressed gentleman at a resort...
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My Copy of Very Funny Ladies by Liza Donnelly
Freshly arrived his week from Oblong Books of Rhinebeck is a signed and personalized copy of Very Funny Ladies: The New Yorker's Women Cartoonists. This book is Liza Donnelly's brand new update of...
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Bob Eckstein: An Illustrated History of the Snowman Print
Bob Eckstein published A History of the Snowman in 2007. The updated edition, now dubbed An Illustrated History of the Snowman (2018), was listed last year on eBay accompanied by a print signed in the...
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Robert Weber: The Motion Picture the World Has Been Waiting For
People fortunate enough to have their work featured as the subject of a New Yorker cartoon just might decide to purchase the original art for themselves. That's precisely what director Joseph L....
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #792
This week I worked remotely on The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #792 from the issue of February 28, 2022. My entry is shown below. The desert island drawing is by P. C. Vey."We're still in the...
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Robert Hansen's Copy of Das eckige Ei [The Square Egg] by Ronald Searle
The American edition of The Square Egg & The Vicious Circle (1968) puts one of author Ronald Searle'sNew Yorker cartoons on the dust cover. This drawing is evidently the reason the title has to be...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #150
I wanted to write some heavenly entries for the CartoonStock Caption Contest #150. My three captions are shown below. The drawing is by Sarah Morissette."Where the hell have you been?""Sorry about the...
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Ronald Searle: Macbeth, or Local Thane Makes Good
Cartoonist Ronald Searle (1920-2011) was born on this day one-hundred two years ago. One of the leading illustrators of his day, he was never know for comics, a territory into which he seldom...
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Mick Stevens: All in the Past?
An original New Yorker cartoon by Mick Stevens first published almost thirty years ago shows, very likely, some fading but is in otherwise good condition. The gag itself hasn't aged badly at all. In...
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Ludwig Bemelmans Stage Designs
Two mixed media works by author and illustrator Ludwig Bemelmans (1898-1962), of Madeline fame, just came up at auction last month. Coral Gables Auction has very little information about them. They are...
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Ludwig Bemelmans: Habana Tramp Steamer
Habana Tramp Steamer, a 1956 watercolor and graphite work by Ludwig Bemelmans was originally offered for sale by Hammer Galleries of New York. The gallery was founded by Armand Hammer in 1928 and is...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #793
This week, I found that working on The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #793 from the issue of March 7, 2022 was a lot like swimming upstream. My entry is shown below. The drawing is by Brian Hawes...
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William Steig: Sad Woman at the Table
An atmosphere of melancholy pervades William Steig's drawing of a woman leaning upon her table. It would appear to date from the 1930s. This Depression-era drawing may well have been published, but its...
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Three Drawings by William Steig
In 2017, three original ink drawings by William Steig were sold by the Clars Auction Gallery of Oakland. Each was framed with a title and date on the matte. The trio had a presale estimate of $600 to...
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Blog Post No. 3900: Peter Arno's Cad Confrontation
Two suitors confront each other at a showgirl's dressing room door. Happens every day. The original artwork by cartoonist Peter Arno was sold on eBay in 2020. The eBay seller could not provide the...
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Hans Stengel: A Prince of Broadway
Hans Stengel's original illustration of an entertainment mogul hawking Broadway tickets was published in The New Yorker, an obvious profile illustration with a corresponding art department stamp on the...
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Hans Stengel: Flower Pot Spot
Five years back, Illustration House sold an original New Yorker spot drawing by Hans Stengel (1894-1928). It depicts a flower pot with a zigzag pattern and handles in the form of cartoon animal heads....
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #794
This week I tried to land my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #794 from the issue of March 14, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Charlie Hankin."They're suing for...
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