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Mother Hazel's Copy of Homebodies by Charles Addams
The prices for original Charles Addams drawings continue to rise, and the prices of his renderings of Addams Family members continue to rise more so. Still, souvenir drawings of a standing Wednesday...
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Spy vs. Spy: Antonio Prohias et al.
If one were fortunate enough to obtain an original "layout for a published project" (so we are told) illustrated by Mad'sAntonio Prohias of an agitated White Spy sitting in a movie theater, should one...
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Not Our Charles Saxon
I have absolutely no idea who Chuck Saxton may be, but I know who he is not. He is not New Yorker cartoonist Charles Saxon (1920-1988). But go tell that to the eBay seller of a genuine Chuck Saxton...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #809
I had to do some heavy lifting for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #809 from the issue of July 4, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Julia Suits."I still feel we forgot...
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James Geraghty's Copy of Thurber Country
James Thurber inscribed a copy of his 1953 collection Thurber Country to James Geraghty, The New Yorker's art editor from 1939 to 1973. The handwriting appears very loose and poorly controlled. By this...
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Ray's Copy of The Gremlins by Roald Dahl
Roald Dahl's wartime story The Gremlins was developed by Walt Disney but it never made it to the big screen. The tale was instead published in 1943 as a book with illustrations by Walt Disney studio...
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The Cubical City by Janet Flanner
Janet Flanner (1892-1978) was The New Yorker's Paris correspondent. From 1925, the year of the magazine's founding, to 1975, she wrote the "Letter from Paris" column under the pseudonym Genêt. In the...
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Charley Haring's Copy of Peter Arno's Man in the Shower
A copy of Peter Arno'sMan in the Shower (1944) signed and inscribed to one Charley Haring made its way to AbeBooks in the summer of 2016. Lacking its dust jacket and with tape repairs to its spine, it...
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The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker Signed by Arnie Levin, Bob Mankoff,...
The Complete Cartoons of The New Yorker was first published in 2004. Many copies are available signed by the book's editor Bob Mankoff. It is more unusual to find a copy signed by a group of...
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John T. McCutcheon: A Chicago Tribute
John T. McCutcheon (1870-1949), who came to be known as "The Dean of American Cartoonists," saw his work appear on the front page of the Chicago Tribune for four decades. The year he turned seventy,...
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Floyd Norman's Faster! Cheaper!: The Flip Side to the Art of Animation, #52/100
Even without reading Floyd Norman'sFaster! Cheaper!: The Flip Side to the Art of Animation (1992), we all know how cost-cutting hurt animation, especially television animation. Amazingly, children...
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Sergio Aragonés: The San Diego Comic-Con 1976 Program
Anyone who didn't make it to the 1976 San Diego Comic-Con may have missed the program's cover art. It shows a gate-crashing Comic-Con crowd scene by Sergio Aragonés of Mad magazine fame. Individual...
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The Perfect Piece of Toast: H. T. Webster and Harry Bliss
Yesterday's syndicated Bliss panel calls to mind H. T. Webster's 1948 classic from his series The Thrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime:The Thrill That Comes Once in a Lifetime:Newlyweds['] First...
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Edward Gorey: The Broken Spoke Dust Jacket Cover
The dust jacket illustration for Edward Gorey'sThe Broken Spoke—that's one catchy, alliterative title—plays with our expectations of perspective. This composition would ordinary call for a simple...
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Joe Dator: E.T. Bikes
In January, cartoonist Joe Dator gave his fans a rare opportunity to purchase some of his original New Yorker cartoon art on eBay. The first piece to sell was a wordless cartoon the artist calls E.T....
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Joe Dator: Vikings, Etc.
Joe Dator's sale of some of his original New Yorker cartoon art at the beginning of the year presented potential buyers with a dilemma. The asking price was already below the usual market price for...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #810
I had my ups and downs with The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #810 from the issue of July 11 & 18, 2022. My caption is shown below. It's hard to believe I had two weeks to work on this. The...
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Bernard Schoenbaum: The Real Thing
In 1985, Coca-Cola announced that its legendary formula would be retired. In its place, the company would introduce a newly formulated soft drink called New Coke. The product launch was a marketing...
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J. C. Duffy: Bar Bookshelf
Cartoonist J. C. Duffy's original New Yorker cartoon of July 1, 2002 depicts a bartender pouring a drink and making conversation with a patron. The caption is a play on words. The original sold in...
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J. C. Duffy: Working With What You Have
For those of us who may not get to spend much time in bars, original New Yorker cartoon art by J. C. Duffy can help to reacquaint us with the scene. The drawing was sold last month on eBay for...
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