Clik here to view.
R. Crumb: Looking for Work
Today it's hard to remember a time when underground comix artist R. Crumb's work was not in demand. But in the early 1960s, a still unknown Crumb living on the Upper East Side of Manhattan was looking...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Art Spiegelman: Looking for Work
Since the passing of underground cartoonist S. Clay Wilson (1941-2021), we are beginning to see some of his papers come to the market. A 1981 letter sent to him from Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #806
Hail my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #806 from the issue of June 13, 2022. My chivalric caption is shown below. The drawing is by Drew Dernavich."Your kind can't handle dragons OR...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MoCCA Fest 2022: Tim Hamilton's Rabbit Who Fights Nos. 3 & 4
At MoCCA Fest in April, I picked up two of New Yorker cartoonist Tim Hamilton'sRabbit Who Fights anthologies, nos. 3 and 4, and had him sign them. I also grabbed a couple of illustrated stickers and a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
MoCCA Fest 2022: Murder Book by Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell
It was an unannounced appearance at MoCCA Fest this year. Hilary Fitzgerald Campbell showed up with copies of her new Murder Book: A Graphic Memoir of a True Crime Obsession. She signed it and drew me...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Excuse Me, Signed by Liana Finck
Liana Finck'sExcuse Me:Â Cartoons, Complaints, and Notes to Self was released in the fall of 2019. Later book signings in 2020 must have been curtailed by the pandemic, but at some point copies were...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Dairy Restaurant—Signed by Ben Katchor
Ben Katchor's illustrated history The Dairy Restaurant explores the meatless aspect of the Jewish dining experience. A number of copies were signed by the author at Strand in New York City just two...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Joan and Howard Baron's Copy of The Complete Book of Covers from The New Yorker
New Yorker cartoonist Charles Addams passed away in 1988. The following year his widow, Tee Addams, warmly inscribed a copy of The Complete Book of Covers from The New Yorker 1925-1989 to friends Joan...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Kiribi's Copy of The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons
There are two distinct editions of The New Yorker Book of Money Cartoons. The first was published on November 1, 1999 at $21.95. It has an introduction by humorist Christopher Buckley. The revised and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #807
I found my way to an entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #807 from the issue of June 20, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Tom Toro."This isn't working. Let's try his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Copy of David Sipress's What's So Funny?
The book launch for David Sipress's memoir What's So Funny? was held at the Housing Works Bookstore in Lower Manhattan on April 3. This was the Sunday of MoCCA Fest 2022, so there was a conflict built...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Sight Unseen: Edward Gorey's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats
You've seen me play this game before. A bookseller offers something seemingly too good to be true It's tantalizing, but without the benefit of a photo who knows what the item really looks like? I make...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Andreas Brown's Copy of the Incorrect First State of Amphigorey Also by...
Six copies of Amphigorey Also (1983), Edward Gorey's third omnibus collection—after Amphigorey (1972) and Amphigorey Too (1975)—were misbound in decorative paper over boards rather than in decorative...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Mark Towner's Copy of The Art of Walt Disney by Christopher Finch
Christopher Finch'sThe Art of Walt Disney: From Mickey Mouse to the Magic Kingdom (1973) is a classic Disney history. Mark Towner's copy of the 1983 reissue has a full page illustration of Chip by Bill...
View ArticleClik here to view.
For a Small House by John Held, Jr.
It's time for us to review the June 9 auction of Illustration Art at Swann Galleries. The sale included an original 1930 book illustration by John Held, Jr.For a Small HouseJohn Held, Jr.Swann's...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Richard Taylor Goes to War
The June 9 auction of Illustration Art at Swann Galleries included three works by Richard Taylor dating from the second World War, none of them known to be published, but all likely intended for The...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #808
I must have taken a wrong turn on my way to The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #808 from the issue of June 27, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Kaamran Hafeez."We missed Roswell...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Blog Post #4000: George Booth's Last Call for Stuffed Peppers
George Booth was born on this day in 1926. At 96, he can boast of having published cartoons in The New Yorker over a fifty-three year span, from his first appearance in the June 14, 1969 issue to his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The CartoonStock Caption Contest #155
The CartoonStock Caption Contest #155 is the first from the company that is pay-to-play. Five dollars gets you three entries and a chance at a single $1,000 cash prize. CartoonStock's basic business...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Driving in South Dakota: Frank Modell and Don Martin
Frank Modell's cartoon for The New Yorker of November 25, 1950 was a good one, strong enough to be included a quarter century later in The New Yorker Album of Drawings 1925-1975. It can therefore be...
View Article