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Sergio Aragonés: Bearing Witness
A 1977 sketch dedicated to one Chuck from Mad's Sergio Aragonés is being offered by Burnside Rare Books of Portland for $350. Sergio AragonesAbeBooks listing accessed February 19,...
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A Dog from Carl Rose
Carl Rose's souvenir drawing of a sitting dog was sent by mail, apparently, from his home in Rowayton. Rose's ink drawing still shows loose pencil outlines. Curiously, graphite markings seem to be...
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Barbara Shermund: Island Girl
Original color art by Barbara Shermund includes stamps on the back from the King Features Syndicate library at 235 East 45th Street in New York. Pencil annotations indicate it was published in...
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Barbara Shermund: Beach Sighting
It's so helpful to find that original cartoon art by Barbara Shermund has its publication history written out in big letters on both sides of the paper. Thus we learn that this beach cartoon appeared...
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The Unread P. C. Vey
Back in 2012, I attended a cartoon art auction at the Morton Memorial Library in Rhinecliff. There I photographed an original cartoon by P. C. Vey which was up on the auction block. At the time I...
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Promoting Peter Arno's Circus: Audacity Vs. Dirt
Two contemporary advertisements for Peter Arno'sCircus, his 1931 cartoon collection, show distinctly different approaches to the art of book promotion. The first was spotted by Scott Burns in the New...
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Ronald Searle: Anticipation
txtPostcardhttps://fr.shopping.rakuten.com/offer/buy/3575370822/les-chats-de-ronald-searle-anticipation.htmlBig Fat Cat...
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Sally Holmes's Copy of Fantasia by Deems Taylor
Sally Holmes was an inbetweener at Walt Disney Studios, meaning that she animated transitional frames between key frames. She left her job circa 1946 at which time she had many of the animators and...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #795
This week's New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest is served up by Felipe Galindo, Feggo to his friends. It's #795 from the issue of March 21, 2022 and my caption is shown below."I trust you will continue...
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James Stevenson's Copy of The Art of The New Yorker 1925-1995
According to eBay seller dc467 of Paramus, a very nicely signed copy of The Art of The New Yorker 1925-1995 by Lee Lorenz that belonged to cartoonist James Stevenson (1929-2017) was obtained from his...
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Dick from Pittsburgh's Copy of The Art of The New Yorker 1925-1995
No doubt the most spectacular copies of Lee Lorenz'sThe Art of The New Yorker 1925-1995 were signed at the book's launch party by a number of the magazine's cartoonists, but there are other copies of...
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Barbara Shermund: A Shermund's Sallies Flong
In relief printing, a flong is a temporary negative mould made of a forme of set type, in order to cast a metal stereotype (or "stereo") which can be used in a rotary press, or in letterpress printing...
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Bill Justice: Donald Duck and Pluto
Schulson Autographs, Ltd., offers two signed sketches by animator Bill Justice, whom the Millburn dealer correctly identifies. Can the same be said for the two Disney characters he has drawn?Bill...
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Bill Justice: Chip 'n' Dale
A souvenir sketch by Disney animator Bill Justice shows us everybody's favorite cartoon chipmunks, conveniently labeled. It is dedicated to another Bill.Bill JusticeAbeBooks listing accessed February...
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Life Magazine: The 1912 Doctors' Number
Those who wish to understand the extraordinary achievement of The New Yorker, which came on the scene in 1925, need to understand what the state of American magazine humor had been in the years prior...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #796
This week, my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #796 from the issue of March 28, 2022 came right back up the ball return. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Lonnie Millsap."But...
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National Doctors' Day: Barbara Shermund's Office Visit
Tomorrow, March 30, is National Doctors' Day. Let's commemorate the occasion with a Barbara Shermund 1940 Esquire cartoon set in a physician's office. The doctor looks quite experienced, but his sole...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #151
You might think having a four week contest would help me to write entries for the CartoonStock Caption Contest #151. My three captions shown below proves that is not the case. The drawing is by Kaamran...
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Arnold Roth: Franz Kline
A humorous color lithograph by Arnold Roth purports to show artist Franz Kline at work. It was published in an edition of 300 plus 35 artist's proofs. The Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum has...
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Gahan Wilson: Uneasy Diagnosis
National Doctors' Day may have passed, but that doesn't mean we can't continue to celebrate the medical profession. Gahan Wilson'sUneasy Diagnosis is an undated color lithograph published in an edition...
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