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Ronald Searle: A New Yorker Cover Study
It should be no surprise that auction houses often don't know all the history of the works they're selling. In 2004, for example, Bonhams London sold a floral watercolor by Ronald Searle, identifying...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #839
It looks like The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #839 from the issue of February 27, 2022, in the side pocket. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Felipe Galindo, known throughout the...
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Ronald Searle in Perspective: The Limited Edition
Ronald Searle in Perspective is a 1984 retrospective collection of the cartoonist's work. The British public, apparently, was offered a deluxe limited edition, slipcased and bound in black leather with...
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Jacqueline and Remo Forlani's Copy of The Adventures of Baron Munchausen by...
Writers Jacqueline Voulet and Remo Forlani were close enough to illustrator Ronald Searle that in 1969 he simply signed his name Ronald on a copy of his new version of R. E. Raspe'sThe Adventures of...
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Laddie's Copy of From Frozen North to Filthy Lucre by Ronald Searle
From Frozen North to Filthy Lucre (1964) collects Ronald Searle's North American travel pieces published in Holiday magazine between 1961 and 1964. Much of the art is in color. This was a tumultuous...
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Ronald Searle: A Catscape for the Cassés
Ronald Searle was born on this day in 1920. The prolific cartoonist was also an active printmaker; his long-time lithographer and friend was Michel Cassé of Paris. In September of 1978, Searle gave...
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Toni and Louis Schwartz's Copy of Ronald Searle's Bibliothèque Nationale...
The catalogue for Ronald Searle's 1973 exhibition at the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF) is fully illustrated in black and white, not too bad considering there was almost no catalogue at all....
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Winter 2023
It's time to cool down with Moment magazine'sCartoon Caption Contest for the Winter 2023 issue. My several captions are shown below for the most part in the order I wrote them. Entries below the...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #840
The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #840 from the issue of March 6, 2022 is ready to wear. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Farley Katz."Why would you take another TikTok...
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The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 164
Nature comes home in the CartoonStock Caption Contest #164. Let's go over how this new monthly cash prize contest works: $5 buys up to three entries and no more. Real cash prizes are $500 for first...
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License Plate for the Disoriented?
This license plate was spotted in Manhattan—I'm not quite sure where."RU LOST2"New York State license plate04252
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License Plate for Mr. Fahrenheit?
Here's another local license plate. Don't stop me now."SPRSONIC"New York State license plate04253
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Sergio Aragonés: A George M. Cohan First Day Cover
I have frequently expressed my perplexity at the phenomenon of first day covers signed by celebrities, particularly when the stamp and the signer have nothing to do with each other. Every now and then,...
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Sergio Aragonés: A California Gold Centennial First Day Cover
Mad magazine's Marginal Thinking Department cartoonist Sergio Aragonés has renewed my faith in the art of the signed first day cover. A cacheted cover of the California Gold Centennial commemorative...
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Sergio Aragonés: An Adolph S. Ochs First Day Cover
Adolph S. Ochs was the publisher of The New York Times from 1896 to 1935, a career which earned him a U.S. commemorative stamp issue in 1976. Mad magazine cartoonist Sergio Aragonés, asked to embellish...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #841
I'm afraid I got lost in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #841 from the issue of March 13, 2022. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Ed Himelblau."I've got to hand it to you. They're...
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Richard Decker: Taming the Lion for the Philadelphia Bulletin
"In Philadelphia nearly everybody reads The Bulletin." So ran the tag line for a long-running series of advertisements for the Philadelphia Bulletin, the popular evening daily newspaper. The humorous...
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Richard Decker: Ann Landers
The popular advice columnist who wrote under the name Ann Landers collected original cartoons in which she was mentioned. Wouldn't you? Here's a drawing from her estate by New Yorker cartoonist Richard...
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Edward Koren: A Fish
A charming sketch of a fish drawn in the unmistakeable hand of New Yorker cartoonist Edward Koren. It has been sold on eBay by Schubertiade Music and Arts. There is a small notch at the left edge that...
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Edward Koren: Eight Figures
Schubertiade Music of Brooklyn offers a large-scale, 77 x 56.5 cm, original drawing by The New Yorker'sEdward Koren. The eight figures are wearing fanciful tribal or ceremonial gear. The three lower...
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