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Richard Taylor: The Fish
New Yorker cartoonist Richard Taylor's watercolor The Fish was sold at auction yesterday in Bloomfield. It is signed R.T. rather than R. Taylor, as befits its diminutive proportions. It is a humorous...
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Quentin Blake: A Cockatoo
London bookseller Peter Harrington offers an original drawing of a cockatoo by Quentin Blake. It was created for the Education Gambia charity auction in 2010. At this writing, it remains available for...
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Mary Low's Copy of Addams and Evil by Charles Addams
Mary Low's copy of Addams and Evil (1947) was personalized for her a decade after publication by cartoonist Charles Addams. He included an original drawing of the Addams Family member we know today as...
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Donn Vickers's Copy of The Art of The New Yorker 1925-1995 by Lee Lorenz
It would be hard to overstate the cartooning achievements of The New Yorker's Lee Lorenz (1932-2022), who passed away on Thursday at the age of 90. As a cartoonist, he was prolific, having had some...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #831
This week, I could scarcely get through my set, let alone through The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #831 from the issue of December 12, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Liam...
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The CartoonStock Caption Contest #161
There's something magical about the CartoonStock Caption Contest #161. To recap, here's how the contest works: $5 buys you three entries cost. Real cash prizes are $500 for first place and $100 for...
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Lee Lorenz: Madder Music
I cried for madder music and for stronger wine,But when the feast is finished and the lamps expire,Then falls thy shadow, Cynara! the night is thine;And I am desolate and sick of an old passion, Yea,...
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James Thurber: On Freedom
“A woman [Mrs. Eliza Powel of Philadelphia] asked Dr. Franklin well Doctor what have we got a republic or a monarchy[?]—A republic replied the Doctor if you can keep it.”James McHenry (1753–1816),...
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Michael ffolkes: Mistletoe Mistake?
Michael ffolkes's 1970 Playboy cartoon depicts a lifestyle of casual sex that was surely more male fantasy than reality. The mistletoe looks to be patched on by the artist; hence the slight...
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The New Yorker Book of Christmas Cartoons
It looks for all the world like a mass market Cartoon Bank collection but The New Yorker Book of Christmas Cartoons was published in 2004 specifically for Restoration Hardware. It was priced at $19.95...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for November/December 2022
Chanukah must be upon us, judging from Moment magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest for the November/December 2022 issue. My several captions are shown below. Note that for captioning purposes I use the...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #832
"Have fun storming the castle!"—"The Princess Bride" (1987)This week, I had fun storming The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #832 from the issue of December 19, 2022. My caption is shown below. The...
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Gardner Rea: A Moving Christmas
Dick Buchanan just dropped off an old Christmas cartoon by Gardner Rea. It was printed in two colors, black and green, in the December 23, 1939 issue of Collier's. Consumption was conspicuous,...
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Arthur Rackham: "And Filled All the Stockings"
He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work,And filled all the stockings; then turned with a jerk,And laying his finger aside of his nose,And giving a nod, up the chimney he rose;—Clement Clarke...
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Edward Gorey: In Stubville, Nebraska
There is, alas, no such place as Stubville, Nebraska, but that in no way diminishes the plausibility of Edward Gorey's 1987 Christmas card. It was published in an edition of 400.In Stubville, Nebraska...
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Arthur Rackham: Mrs. Cratchit Brings in the Christmas Pudding
In half a minute Mrs. Cratchit entered—flushed, but smiling proudly—with the pudding, like a speckled cannon-ball, so hard and firm, blazing in half of half-a-quartern of ignited brandy, and bedight...
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Eldon Dedini: A Christmas Dis
Today the term dis is informal for disrespectful talk or action, but perhaps it can stand for other words as well. Eldon Dedini's two-page spread for Playboy graced the holiday season of 1962."I've...
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NFT: The First SMS
On December 3, 1992, Richard Jarvis sent the world's first Short Message Service (SMS) or text message at a Christmas party. Last year a unique digital copy of this landmark message—reading "Merry...
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Robert Leighton: Two Roughs
Two drawings by New Yorker cartoonist Robert Leighton were sold at auction on December 12. The auction house calls them "two original illustrated New Yorker Magazine comic strips with captions, signed...
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Tina Marie's Copy of The New Yorker Book of New York Cartoons
The New Yorker Book of New York Cartoons is a 2004 collection published by Bloomberg Press. Its subject matter, cartoons about the City of New York from a magazine that celebrates that city and is...
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