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The Unintriguing Fortune Cookie
I will admit only that I'm not intrigued.Note: This blog has a goodly collection of Chinese fortunes, each more intriguing than this one.01227
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #435
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #435 for July 21, 2014. The drawing is by Michael Crawford."So much for the free valet parking.""Under the circumstances, you've done a...
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Edward Gorey's Mikado Poster
In true 19th century aristocratic fashion, the Mikado enters riding--a penny-farthing! Edward Gorey's 1983 poster for Gilbert & Sullivan's "The Mikado" (1885) reveals the Mikado in his true light...
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Edward Gorey's Cape Cod Theater Posters
Edward Gorey, who maintained a house in Yarmouth Port on the Cape, created this poster for the Atlantic Theatre Company's second season in Barnstable. Note the triangular arrangement of the three...
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More of Edward Gorey's Cape Cod Theater Posters
When you consider Edward Gorey's prodigious output of books, it's remarkable how much effort he put, particularly in his later years, into the theater. He designed productions and sets, and even wrote...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for May/June 2014
The Moment Cartoon Caption Contest has provided me with virtually all the success I've achieved to date from my yearlong cartoon caption contest endeavor. That's a polite way of saying that my...
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Edward Gorey's "Dracula" Theater Posters
This lot from Swann Galleries consists of a book and several posters related to Edward Gorey's "Dracula" (1977). I was lucky enough to see Frank Langella in this atmospheric production which ran on...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #436
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #436 for July 28, 2014. The cartoon is by Shannon Wheeler."It's simple: surf the net, dodge the big net."I considered these captions as well...
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Edward Gorey for the Cape and Islands Chamber Music Festival
Cape Cod's summer Chamber Music Festival is the subject of these posters by local illustrator Edward Gorey. Here are the posters for the sixth and seventh seasons.Edward Gorey, Cape and Island Chamber...
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Eldon Dedini at the Beach
Eldon Dedini (1921-2006) is a fabulous cartoonist, although this particular color piece from Esquire is certainly not his best. It shows no faces and therefore is a bit impersonal. The joke--stop me if...
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Walt Kelly: Prehysterical Pogo Panel
This original comic panel from Walt Kelly's book Prehysterical Pogo (in Pandemonia) doesn't seem all that engaging on its own. The characters are unusually small and the slight fragment of a story...
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In the week since I posted it, I've been staring at Edward Gorey's1997 "Hamlet" poster and quietly puzzling over the anthropomorphic form of the clouds. It occurred to me only then that Gorey had...
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Do You Know This Man?
That's funny, based on the evidence of this license plate, I think I might know this person! I wonder how many people will have the same reaction."MR BS"New York State license plateNote: Here are some...
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Confusing the I-Witnesses
I'd use this as the getaway car."I11I1II"New Jersey license plateNote: More license plates are noted herein.01240
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License to be Carefree
Why worry?Note: Vanity license plates make for very light reading.01241
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #437
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #437. The drawing is by Liza Donnelly."It's fortified with eight essential steroids."Note: Try this on for size! Attempted Bloggery looks at...
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The Name is Bond...
You were expecting maybe James?"MS BOND"Florida license plateNote: James Bond is licensed to kill, and I'm licensed to blog about license plates.01243
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Boating License?
Here's how one motorist awaits the deluge:"NOAH ARK"New York State license plateNote: Check out my other license plate posts before the next big storm system hits.01244
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Guess the Specialty
Today, I am proud to introduce a new game here on the blog. It's called guess the dentist's specialty. Now no peeking at the answers."DMD TMJ"New Jersey license plateNote: This blog's vast archives of...
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Like No Business I Know
There's no business like it."DATSHOBZ"New York State license plateNote: I have found more license plates for your reading pleasure.01246
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