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Paul Degen: Don't Cry Over Spilled Ink
Six years ago a signed, limited edition of Swiss New Yorker artist Paul Degen'sDon't Cry Over Spilled Ink (1985) was sold on eBay for an undisclosed Best Offer somewhere south of $125. With art books,...
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Paul Degen: Original Illustration Art
Between the Covers Rare Books offers a collection of 129 pieces by or related to the artist Paul Degen. There is a substantial variety of work, including some sketches and some finished illustrations....
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Paul Degen: Discovering the Sciences
An original gouache painting by Swiss artist Paul Degen was sold on eBay two months ago for $500. It almost certainly was intended for publication, perhaps as a poster or a magazine illustration. It is...
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Joe Dator: Piano Recital
Don't you hate when this happens?"A gentleman would offer his seat."Joe DatorOriginal artThe New Yorker, September 17, 2018, p. 56Note the quality of the taut, varied, and mostly shaded vertical lines...
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Alan Dunn: Down the Hatch
A work of original 1966 New Yorker cartoon art shows Alan Dunn commenting on the social niceties as well as the environmental realities of his day. Cheers!"Well, skoal, I guess."Alan DunnOriginal...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #814
I'm afraid I phoned in my work for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #814 from the issue of August 15, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Victoria Roberts."We're finally due for an...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Summer 2022
Moment magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest for the Summer 2022 issue shows us God addressing two angels while heading off carrying a surfboard. My captions are shown below. The drawing is by Benjamin...
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Jack Davis: A First Driver's License
It seems unproductive for an auction house to take a minor illustration by a major cartoonist, in this case Jack Davis, and to give it a presale estimate—$50 to $1,000—that is so broad it's almost...
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Paul Peter Porges: The Race is On
An original cartoon by Paul Peter Porges is an artifact from those days, possibly in the 1950s, when suburban developments were brand new and the single income family was still the rule rather than the...
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Chester Gould: A B. O. Plenty Souvenir Sketch for Sam
Almost all of Chester Gould's souvenir drawings include his signature comic strip character Dick Tracy but at least one sketch, made out to a Sam, does not. Instead it has the rather unkempt character...
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Garth Williams: And They're Off!
Illustrator Garth Williams's attempt to break into The New Yorker in the early 1940s produced a good deal of unpublished work (along with seven sales). A racetrack spot, shown here, is certainly not...
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Garth Williams: A Man Browsing Watercolors
A spot drawing by Garth Williams of a man going through a portfolio of watercolors did not make it into The New Yorker and remained unsold in the illustrator's lifetime. Williams's association with the...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #815
The cartoon for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #815 from the issue of August 22, 2022, is so good it scarcely requires a caption. Still, leaving off all the words is not really an option here,...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #157
The rules have changed once again for the CartoonStock Caption Contest #157. It still costs $5 to enter three captions. Cash prizes are now $500 for first place and $100 each for five runners up. The...
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Ronald Searle: The Circus
While Ronald Searle's original artwork has been selling for increasingly high prices, the market for his lithographic work has weakened. An original print of The Circus from the 1967 edition of fifty...
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Ronald Searle: The Visit of the Magic Eyeball
It's hard to say exactly what Ronald Searle was thinking when he created his lithographThe Visit of the Magic Eyeball back in 1970. Searle's dark, morbidly surrealistic vision couldn't have done much...
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Charles Addams: Another Flashing Fester
Ten years ago I coined the term "Flashing Festers" to signify a specific type of souvenir drawing made by Charles Addams. These sketches featured his Addams Family character Uncle Fester engaged in...
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Ilonka Karasz: The Fall of Icarus
An etching by the artist Ilonka Karasz bears the inscription "For Jean with love." It is dated Christmas 1964 and signed Ilonka. It comes from the estate of author and editor Jean Sulzberger...
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Jean-Jacques Sempé: Window View
Jean-Jacques Sempé, who passed away on August 11, left us a trove of outstanding cartoon work. In an untitled ink and wash drawing, a man in a three-piece suit surveys his world from a garden window....
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #816
What is one to make of The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #816 from the issue of August 29, 2022, with its obvious reference to a common phrase? How closely should a good caption allude to that...
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