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Autumn Leaves: Garrett Price New Yorker Cover Art
The autumnal equinox in the Northern Hemisphere arrives tonight at 10:29 p.m. EDT. Every year nature puts on a grand show with the changing of the leaves, and every year artists try to capture the...
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Bad Sex! by Danny Shanahan
What could be better than a copy of Danny Shanahan'sBad Sex!? How about a personalized copy with an original drawing of a cat?Danny Shanahan,Bad Sex! (2007)Danny Shanahan, original cat drawing and...
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Dastardly & Muttley Model Sheets
The eBay seller calls these "cartoon prints," but they look like model sheets to me so that's what I'm going with. Model sheets are references used by animators to keep the onscreen appearance of their...
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Jack Ziegler: "That's All Folks!"
The Comic Art Professional Society, or CAPS, organized a charity auction event on eBay in March to benefit cartoonist Stan Sakai and his wife. Mr. Sakai is the creator of Usagi Yojimbo. Original...
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William Steig's Crying Chickens
Steig revels in his unconventionality, although it sometimes makes problems. He says his sojourn into the world of conventional business—as an illustrator for an advertising firm in the '60s—caused him...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #443
Here is my entry for the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #433 for September 22, 2014. The drawing is by Charlie Hankin."Did you bring the beer?"Here are the other captions I considered along the...
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Ronald Searle: The Blind Brushmaker
In 1959, Ronald Searle and his wife Kaye Webb were invited by the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to document the plight of those living in postwar European refugee camps. Searle's drawing of...
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Ronald Searle: Financing the Farm
An illustration for a Lloyds Bank brochure on Financing the Farm shows Ronald Searle's more fanciful side. This branch manager not only finances the farm, he seems to work there and is a part of...
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Charles Saxon: The Decline and Fall of the All-Male Business Club
Cartoonist Charles Saxon (1920-1988) chronicled the tumultuous social changes of his time as seen through the eyes of upper-class suburbanites. What better way of understanding the fear and anxiety...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for July/August 2014
Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, here are my five entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for July/August 2014. This magazine's caption contest permits multiple entries. As always, the cartoon...
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Eugène Grasset: October
Happy October! Has three-quarters of this year gone by already?Eugène Grasset'sLes Douze Mois de 1889 is an art nouveau calendar published in Paris. It presents the twelve months in book format. The...
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Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates: A Huge Footprint
This original comic strip art for Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates dates from the inaugural year of the strip. I know nothing about this particular story line, but when I see a giant footprint I...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #444
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #444 for September 29, 2014. The drawing is by Carolita Johnson."No one cares if you can swim with the trout."Here are a few other caption...
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Blog Post No. 1300: Plus-Sizing the Readership
Welcome to my 1,300th blog post. You'd think I'd know better by now. Anyway, I hope you brought your calculator.My blog statistics are pretty straightforward, at least at first glance. There have been...
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Musical Punch
La Folie Musicale is a satirical drawing published in Punch in 1874. The theme is musical but the politics, at least at this resolution, is obscure.La Folie MusicalePunch, Vol. LXVI, September 19,...
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Victory Garden: Garth Williams Proposed New Yorker Cover Art
"At least one out of three families in the greater city is in a position to start a Victory garden and seems to be doing it, Mr. Sehlmeyer said."Eugene Kinkead and Harold Ross"Seeds of Victory,"The...
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The Art of the New Yorker: A 60 Year Retrospective
A series of four regional print advertisements found on eBay recalls the exhibition "The Art of The New Yorker: A 60 Year Retrospective." The show first opened at the New York Public Library on...
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A Schooner by 10-Year-Old Charles Addams
A pencil drawing of a schooner made by Charles Addams at the age of ten has been available on eBay for the past two years or so. The drawing shows a carefully-rendered schooner along with a lighthouse...
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Disney Time
Timepieces with Disney characters are available throughout the Disney parks. Here is a small sampling from my visit in August.Mickey Mouse watchMickey Mouse watchDonald Duck watchGoofy watchMickey...
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The Dedini Group Medical Plan
Are you satisfied with your health plan? Why not take a look at cartoonist Eldon Dedini's? The Dedini Group Medical Plan covers preexisting conditions including satyriasis and nymphomania.Eldon Dedini,...
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