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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #819
There's a bit of color in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #819 from the issue of September 19, 2022? My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Michael Shaw."No way I'm wearing those...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #158
Why not pour ourselves another drink and settle down with the CartoonStock Caption Contest #158? My three entries cost me $5—a steal! Cash prizes are set at $500 for first place and $100 for each of...
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All Set for 2023
I just bought my copy of the Cartoons from The New Yorker 2023 Calendar, which offers fans of the art form a cartoon a day. Will that be sufficient? What is the optimal number of cartoons to encounter...
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Sight Unseen: Isaac's Copy of Roz Chast's Theories of Everything
Not that long ago, an AbeBooks seller listed a unique copy of Roz Chast's cartoon collection Theories of Everything (2006, softcover edition 2008), but visually provided only a stock image of the...
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Karl Haendel: New Yorker Cartoon Drawing #16 and #5
Some of the cultural artifacts appropriated by artist Karl Haendel are published New Yorker cartoons, enlarged and redrawn in graphite by the artist from the magazine page. Sometimes Handel groups...
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Cape Cod 2022: The Town of Chatham
What good timing! This year we were in Chatham for the Festival of the Arts. We also caught the tail end of Art in the Park 2022. Not that there's a bad time to be in Chatham...First United Methodist...
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Cape Cod 2022: Lighthouse Beach
There's beach yoga every morning at 7:30 on Lighthouse Beach in Chatham. Bring a towel and $20. Or show up without a towel or money and just take pictures.Chatham LightBeach yoga04088
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #820
It's time to analyze The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #820 from the issue of September 26, 2022. My insightful caption is shown below. The drawing is by Paul Karasik."Sadist."I'm not crazy about...
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E. Simms Campbell: Cutie Coiffure
E. Simms Campbell's single panel cartoon Cuties was syndicated by King Features. An original cartoon panel from 1963 has just been listed on AbeBooks. One Cutie is reading in bed while another comes...
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Charles Saxon: The Tennis Pro
"Mr. Gemini batted endless balls to me while he chatted with friends." Those words identify an original drawing by Charles Saxon as some sort of story illustration. A male tennis instructor conducts a...
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Helen E. Hokinson: Radio Days
These days the news is relentless. Many of us use our televisions, computers, and mobile phones to keep ourselves updated throughout the day.During World War II, Americans had an urgent need to keep...
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Maurice Sendak: Hansel and Gretel Poster
Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hansel and Gretel" was first performed in 1893 and has become a perennial favorite of the Christmas season. The Houston Grand Opera put on an English-language production...
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Cape Cod 2022: Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary
There are many easy walking trails in Long Pasture Wildlife Sanctuary, one of Mass Audubon's conservation sites. It is located in Barnstable by the harbor. These pictures were taken on August 16.Sandy...
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Cape Cod 2022: Automobiles
I observed several vehicles of note in Cape Cod this summer. For starters, the Skipper Chowder House in South Yarmouth keeps an old Plymouth Suburban wagon, circa 1950, on the premises.What is summer...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #821
I'm up in the air over The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #821 from the issue of October 3, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Sophie Lucido Johnson and Sammi Skolmoski."It's not...
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A Brother Sebastian Sketch by Chon Day
Do people still remember Chon Day's Brother Sebastian? Perhaps not, judging from the underwhelming $3.25 sale price of an autograph sketch of the character in his robes. Day often depicts Sebastian...
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Ivan Brunetti: A Self-Portrait Sketch
A signed sketch card by Ivan Brunetti depicts the bearded artist wearing a red plaid shirt. The Chicago artist has chosen to show himself walking in a city, smiling.Ivan BrunettieBay listing ended...
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Gahan Wilson: A New Leaf
Cartoons in which expectant fathers were congratulated by hospital staff on the birth of a child have become dated since the days of, say, Charles Addams, who created one of the most famous icons of...
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Blog Post No. 4100: The American Theatre's Carnival for Britain
On February 21, 1941, nearly ten months before Pearl Harbor, and thus nearly ten months before the United States was to enter the Second World War, Americans were actively supporting embattled Great...
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Cape Cod 2022: Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge
Since our last visit to the Monomoy Island National Wildlife Refuge, the area near the headquarters has suffered serious erosion. The boardwalk and stairs accessing the beach from the refuge...
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