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Wraparound Peter Arno: The Line Book
The 1927 edition of The Line Book was published by the Chicago Tribune with a wraparound cover by cartoonist Peter Arno. The 64 page book collected columns from "A Line o' Type or Two" by Richard Henry...
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Wraparound Peter Arno: Beggars Abroad by Jim Tully
Jim Tully (June 3, 1886 – June 22, 1947) was a vagabond, pugilist, and American writer. He enjoyed critical and commercial success as a writer in the 1920s and 1930s.—WikipediaPeter Arno's cover art...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #797
This week, my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #797 from the issue of April 4, 2022, was not exactly dressed in shining armor. The drawing is by Kaamran Hafeez."Ask around discretely if...
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MoCCA Fest 2022: Derf Backderf's Kent State
As I walked into the MoCCA Arts Fest on Saturday, Derf Backderf was the first artist I encountered. There was no way I wast going to miss the opportunity to get a signed copy of his Kent State: Four...
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MoCCA Fest 2022: R. Sikoryak's Terms and Conditions
In 2017, the versatile R. Sikoryak worked the voluminous iTunes terms and conditions into a graphic novel populated by many recognizable, if somewhat scruffy, comic characters. Having agreed to such...
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MoCCA Fest 2022: Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre by Glynnis Fawkes
The MoCCA Arts Fest 2022 gave me the opportunity to catch up on some recent graphic novels. Charlotte Brontë Before Jane Eyre has been on my short list since its publication in 2019, but this was the...
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Jack Ziegler's Cartoon Library
The personal library of New Yorker cartoonist Jack Ziegler (1942-2017) remains happily intact. Many of his cartoon books will be familiar to readers of this blog. Most, but not quite all, are related...
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Lawrence Lariar and Syd Hoff in College Humor, July 1942
Lawrence Lariar contributes two wartime gag cartoons to a page in the July 1942 College Humor.Syd Hoff is there on the page as well, with a cartoon about those who seem to be unaffected by the...
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A Signed Movie Still from "Animal Crackers"
A movie still from "Animal Crackers" (1930) was signed by Groucho Marx, probably decades after the original release. The eBay seller who attested to this in 2014 tried to inspire confidence by...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #798
This week, I was quite handy with my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #798 from the issue of April 11, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Frank Cotham."I can give you a...
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Helen E. Hokinson: Easter Parade for a WAC?
Oh, I could write a sonnet about Helen E. Hokinson's cover for the April 1943 Woman's Home Companion. Helen E. HokinsonWoman's Home Companion, April 1943https://www.ebay.com/itm/224327039588A similar...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #799
This week, I savored my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #799 from the issue of April 18, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Lars Kenseth."I was getting tired of...
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Papa Smurf by Peyo
I don't know much about Belgian cartoonist Peyo (1928-1992), creator of the Smurfs, but he looks as if he enjoyed his work. His souvenir sketch of Papa Smurf is currently listed on...
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Robert Kraus: Quoting Shakespeare in a Bar
Captain of our fairy band, Helena is here at hand, And the youth, mistook by me, Pleading for a lover’s fee. Shall we their fond pageant see? Lord, what fools these mortals be!"A Midsummer Night's...
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George Shellhase: Finding the Right Words
Sometimes it's important not to lie but also not to say too much. The prisoners appearing in George Shellhase's (1895-1988) original art, which is currently listed on Chairish, seem to understand this....
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MoCCA Fest 2022: Used/Reused by Felipe Galindo
One of the many exciting things about attending MoCCA Fest is finding new books by favorite artists and having them sign and personalize them. The case in point here is Felipe Galindo'sUsed/Reused:...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #152
Once again, we had a full four weeks to come up with entries for the CartoonStock Caption Contest #152. How did I spend all that time? It's hard to say. I started working on my entries fifteen minutes...
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Signed by Four Cartoonists: Bob Kane, Walter Lantz, Charles M. Schulz, and...
On a collaborative souvenir drawing, four leading cartoonists drew their classic characters: Batman by Bob Kane, Woody Woodpecker by Walter Lantz, Snoopy by Charles M. Schulz, and Dagwood by Dean...
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Ward Kimball: The Sorcerer's Apprentice for Bill Blair
Animator Ward Kimball (1914-2002) was one of Walt Disney's legendary Nine Old Men. Kimball's full-figure sketch of Mickey Mouse shows him in his most iconic role as the Sorcerer's Apprentice from...
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The New Yorker WETA Book of Cartoons
WETA, owned by the Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association, is the public television station of our nation's capital. In 2004, the station chose to up its game and commissioned...
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