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Saul Steinberg: Giant Postcard
The great Saul Steinberg never learned to paint clouds.—David Apatoff"Steinberg's Clouds"Illustration Art blog post, May 3, 2010http://illustrationart.blogspot.com/2010/05/steinbergs-clouds.htmlThere...
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Whitney Darrow, Jr.: Three Illustrations for Max Shulman On Campus
Three illustrations created by New Yorker cartoonist Whitney Darrow, Jr., for the Leo Burnett Advertising Agency seem a little puzzling without the full text they were meant to accompany. One of my...
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Malcom Hancock: A Price List for Joel
It's a shame that we don't have the date for a rather interesting letter from cartoonist Malcolm "Mal" Hancock (1936-1993) written by hand to a fan named Joel. A business card is stapled to the sheet....
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #845
The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #845 from the issue of April 10, 2023 is straight out of the wizarding world. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Robert Leighton."It has come to my...
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Charles Addams, Sam Cobean, and Syd Hoff: Cole of California Promotional...
Joel Jacobus is extremely knowledgable about Charles Addams merchandise and memorabilia. Today he inquires about an obscure subject that has been troubling him for years: "old enameled copper dishes...
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William Steig and Saul Steinberg: Bernad Creations Advertised in The New Yorker
In yesterday's post, we saw three scarce promotional ashtrays for Cole of California swimwear. They were decorated with original designs by three New Yorker artists and issued in enameled copper by...
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Anatol Kovarsky: Blind Justice?
Honey & Wax Booksellers of Brooklyn offers a splendid original New Yorker cartoon by Anatol Kovarsky. Impartial Justice is depicted holding her scales and blindfolded, mostly. No caption is needed....
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Charles Addams: Galley Slaves
Here's an extraordinary work of original New Yorker art by Charles Addams. The seafaring cartoon was offered for sale on eBay in February where it made quite a splash.Charles AddamsOriginal artThe New...
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Charles Addams: Deathbed Declaration
Listen carefully . . ."To . . . hell . . . with . . . yogurt."Charles AddamsOriginal artThe New Yorker, March 5, 1979, p. 43Creature Comforts, 1981Original New Yorker cartoon art by the one and only...
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Charles Addams: In the Library's Stacks
How many photographs does it take to sell an original New Yorker cartoon by the great Charles Addams? Two? Four? An eBay seller goes all in with twenty-four.Charles AddamsOriginal artThe New Yorker,...
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Remembering Edward Koren (1935-2023)
Contributor David from Manhattan writes:Ed Koren's death has hit me hard. I've been unearthing a handful of things I haven't shared on Attempted Bloggery. One in particular is an anthology, Man Bites...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #846
There's something sinister about that dog in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #846 from the issue of April 17, 2023. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Lonnie Millsap."I think he wants...
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A Macy's Ad . . . and a William Steig Cartoon
A 1943 ad for Macy's crudely imitates The New Yorker's well-known cartoon style without employing any of its well-known cartoonists. A wife awakens to her bedside alarm which is set for six a.m. Her...
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Terri's Copy of Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head by B. Kliban
Terri's copy of Never Eat Anything Bigger Than Your Head & Other Drawings (1976) is signed and inscribed by B. Kliban with a very small drawing of a fly. Laid in is a printed card with what may...
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Chuck's Copy of Peter Arno's Sizzling Platter
It can't be that unusual for a buyer to show up at a book signing and ask the author to inscribe his book to some other recipient not present. On more than one occasion, New Yorker cartoonist Peter...
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Ronald Searle: Great Vegetable City
The first Earth Day was celebrated on April 22, 1970. Ronald Searle's original lithograph Great Vegetable City predates that by a year. His print of a giant winged insect feeding atop city buildings...
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Mrs. Kennedy's Copy of The Penguin Ronald Searle
Oh, that Mrs. Kennedy. Between the Covers Rare Books is understandably circumspect about asserting that this copy of The Penguin Ronald Searle belonged to the First Lady of the United States. I've...
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Edward Gorey: Das Unglück-selige Kind Signed by Wolfgang Hildesheimer
Some titles are hard to resist. Among the more compelling German language books I have come across is Das Unglück-selige Kind by Edward Gorey, here in translation by Wolfgang Hildesheimer who signed...
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Blog Post No. 4300: Visiting the Site of Charles E. Martin's New Yorker Cover...
Fifty years ago this month, The New Yorker of April 14, 1973 featured a cover by Charles E. Martin, or C.E.M. as he signed it. Martin's cover depicted an East River view on an overcast day. A lone...
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Charles Addams: Addams Family Photo
For me, the highlight of yesterday's Illustration Art Signature Auction at Heritage was an original Charles Addams New Yorker cartoon featuring four of his Addams Family characters. Today we know them...
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