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Karl Haendel: Depressed? and New Yorker Cartoon Drawing #20
I've written several times about the appropriation art of Karl Haendel, who came to my attention because his subject matter is, at least occasionally, New Yorker cartoons. His selection of these...
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Lee, Wendy, and Laurie's Copy of Dr. Seuss's How the Grinch Stole Christmas!
llDr. SeussSotheby's listing accessed August 23, 2023https://www.sothebys.com/en/buy/_dr-seuss-how-the-grinch-stole-christmas-signed-first-edition-dust-jacket-e7f7042xx
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Best Copy: Seth's Palookaville #22
In Palookaville, the comic artist Seth (born Gregory Gallant) publishes his graphic works in progress, and some of them are later collected in complete form. Palookaville #22 was published in April of...
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Julia Suits: Comparison
Buying original art from the artist who created it ensures that you're getting what you're paying for. New Yorker cartoonist Julia Suits sold the original art of her most popular cat cartoon on eBay in...
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Julia Suits: Enough
Another New Yorker original by cartoonist Julia Suits was sold recently on eBay by the artist. The drawing, published in 2020, features two house cats contemplating a modernist plastic chair....
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for Summer 2023
Moment magazine's Cartoon Caption Contest for the Summer 2023 issue has three older Orthodox Jewish men exploring AIChat, presumably a stand-in for ChatGPT, on a desktop computer. My eight captions are...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #863
A stick figure sits in an office chair for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #863 from the issue of August 28, 2023. I see this as an interview scenario and my caption is shown below. The drawing...
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Peter Arno: Can War Marriages Be Made to Work?
The EM 30 GI Roundtable published in November of 1944 asks Can War Marriages Be Made to Work? The pamphlet's cover is illustrated by New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno, who would seem to believe that...
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Whitney Darrow, Jr.: Brother Francis
David from Manhattan sends photographs of an original Whitney Darrow, Jr., New Yorker cartoon our way. He writes:The attached pics came from a Fla. estate sale in August 2007 and sold on eBay,...
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Ronald Searle: The Coming of the Great Cat God
The Coming of the Great Cat God is a 1968 color lithograph by Ronald Searle. It combines his popular cat imagery with one of those calamitous urban landscapes he was rendering at the time. A colossal...
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Mischa Richter: Amusing?
There's nothing like a little humor in the workplace. Mischa Richter'sNew Yorker cartoon in the May 12, 1986 issue elaborates on this point pretty effectively. The original art was sold on eBay this...
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Mischa Richter: Dismissed?
Mischa Richter's original New Yorker drawing from the issue of February 23, 1987 has the kind of wordplay that hasn't held up very well over time. Maybe it wasn't that funny to begin with. The original...
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MDLinx Comic Consult #9
Since March my wife has been sending me links to the MDLinx Comic Consult and I, quite naturally, have been ignoring them. This is a caption contest open only to the MDLinx medical community, those...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #864
A well-meaning gazelle helps to prepare a nervous colleague for a speech to be given before an auditorium full of lions. This is not the veldt but The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #864 from the...
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Labor Day 2023 at The New Yorker
At The New Yorker, Labor Day 2023 looks very much like Labor Day 2001. Today's Daily Cartoon published online is by Paul Karasik:Labor DayPaul KarasikDaily Cartoon, September 4,...
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Bobby London: An Air Pirates Convention Sketch
A convention sketch by underground comix artist Bobby London was signed and inscribed to one John Taylor on July 6, 1975. At the time, London's Dirty Duck and Weevil characters were appearing monthly...
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Harvey Kurtzman: A Letter to a Fan
Harvey Kurtzman's undated letter to one fan addressed as S. D. has a brief note on one side and an original sketch on the other. The art is a self-portrait complete with a mock-apology: "—Sorry but I...
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Lee Lorenz's Copy of The Discovery of America by Saul Steinberg
Saul Steinberg's (1914-1999) collection The Discovery of America was published by Alfred A. Knopf in 1992. In January of 1993, Steinberg inscribed a copy to The New Yorker's art editor Lee Lorenz...
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Lee Lorenz's Copy of Par Avion by Jean-Jacques Sempé
On Wednesday at Zikorn Arts & History Objects in New York, a very special copy of Par Avion (1989) by cartoonist Jean-Jacques Sempé (1932-2022) was sold at auction. It came from the estate of Lee...
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Cornet Player: Saul Steinberg for Lee Lorenz
Lee Lorenz (1932-2022) was the art editor of The New Yorker from 1973 to 1993 and then the cartoon editor through 1997. Outside of working hours, he played cornet with his group, the Creole Cookin'...
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