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Richard Oldden: Luxurious Enough
A group of four original cartoons by Richard Oldden (May 4, 1931-Feb 21, 1995) shows just how funny it can be when things go wrong. His handwritten caption suggests Oldden may have had some issues with...
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Richard Oldden: Begging for Trouble
Four more original cartoons by Richard Oldden were sold as a group on eBay late last month. Two have address stamps from the artist's New York City studio and the other two have the Laguna Beach...
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Richard Oldden: A Trout Stream
Another lot of four original cartoons by Richard Oldden were sold on eBay in early May. These drawings are all shaded finishes circa the 1970s. Their publication history is unknown. They may not all be...
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Richard Oldden: Making a Masterpiece
Today's group of four cartoon originals by Richard Oldden, sold May 5 on eBay, has not one but two cartoons depicting firing squads. Personally, I think the best of this group has no caption at all and...
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Richard Oldden: Elephants and Submarines
Is this really the way to sell original cartoon art? Four more drawings by Richard Oldden changed hands on eBay on May 5 for a paltry $67.51 plus $20 shipping. Their publication history is unknown. In...
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Richard Oldden: Artist and Dinosaur
Two of the original cartoons by Richard Oldden recently offered for sale on eBay had been published in The New Yorker. They were both included in one lot and generated greater bidder interest than the...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #850
Death really rocks in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #850 from the issue of May 22, 2023 and one distraught neighbor has something to say about it. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by...
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Richard Oldden: Call Me George
The final quartet of original drawings by Richard Oldden were sold on eBay earlier this month. The artist visits several well-traveled cartoon tropes and puts a new twist on each of them. One of the...
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Richard Oldden: Surf's Up!
An original cartoon by Richard Oldden was published, we are told, in True magazine sometime in 1970. Possibly the date is on the back of the artwork, possibly not. The drawing was sold on eBay earlier...
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Charles E. Martin Original New Yorker Cover Art
Charles E. Martin's cover for The New Yorker's issue of February 1, 2023 depicts the Metropolitan Museum of Art bathed in early morning sunlight. The original art was sold at auction yesterday by...
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Richard Oldden: Venus on the Half-Shell
For the past month, an eBay seller tried to sell a work of original Playboy cartoon art by Richard Oldden that was published in the issue of March 1991. The drawing, of course, is a modern twist on...
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Charles Addams Authenticates Charles Addams
Where does one go to authenticate a sketch of Wednesday by cartoonist Charles Addams? Today, that might not be so easy to answer. But in 1981 when Addams was alive, why not just go right to the source?...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Spring 2023
Moment magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest for the Winter 2023 issue has an observant Jewish genie in a bottle. My captions are shown below. The first is just a throwaway. I feel the second is the best...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #851
I completely lost my way in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #851 from the issue of May 29, 2023. My caption, in iambic pentameter, is shown below. The drawing is by Kaamran Hafeez."It seems...
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The CartoonStock Cartoon Caption Contest No. 167
In the CartoonStock Caption Contest #167, the jars do not contain pickles. To review the rules of the monthly cash prize contest: Five bucks buys no more than three entries. Real cash prizes are $500...
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Notre-Dame de Paris with Tourists: Anatol Kovarsky Preliminary New Yorker...
Anatol Kovarsky's cover study for The New Yorker issue of August 17, 1966 was created in New York. It depicts the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris from a high angle while the finished cover art showed...
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The Third Avenue El: Anatol Kovarsky Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
Service on the IRT Third Avenue Elevated line was cut back starting in 1950 and the Manhattan tracks were demolished by 1955. Anatol Kovarsky's vibrant cover proposal for The New Yorker shows the El...
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Park Avenue Plantings: Anatol Kovarsky Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
Anotol Kovarsky's elevated view looking south on Park Avenue shows the spring plantings on the median surrounded by pedestrian and automotive traffic. The design was proposed as a New Yorker cover...
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The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Podcast Episode 110
This week, I am pleased to be the guest on the one-hundred tenth episode of The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest Podcast. It's my very first podcast, and their first podcast with someone who's...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #852
I took a slice out of The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #852 from the issue of June 5, 2023. My caption is shown below. The drawing is by Dan Misdea."I got tired of just flies."These captions...
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