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Edward Koren: Do You Want to Talk About It? Personalized Review Copy
In his preface to Edward Koren's first cartoon collection, Do You Want To Talk About It? (1976), Calvin Trillin wrote, "I knew Ed Koren before his pen broke. I only wish I could remember precisely how...
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Are You Happy? Signed by Edward Koren
Edward Koren is fond of asking questions in his book titles, such as Do You Want To Talk About It? Here's a signed copy of Are You Happy? published inĀ 1978.Edward Koren,Are You Happy?Are You Happy?...
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Don't Talk to Strange Bears: The Funny/Serious World of Ed Koren
The Brown Alumni Monthly published a cover story on Edward Koren in April of 1969. The artist, then 33, worked as an art instructor at Brown, a contributor to the New Yorker and other publications, a...
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The New Yorker 75th Anniversary Cartoon Collection : Return to Bob Mankoff
A copy of The New Yorker 75th Anniversary Cartoon Collection with a signed drawing by Bob Mankoff was sold on eBay last month for an undisclosed price. Whatever the value of the book, Mr. Mankoff's...
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Bob Mankoff: Enron Recycled Paper Products
Enron employees were shredding documents at the company's Houston offices as recently as last week, a former executive said yesterday. Her statement was the first indication that documents were...
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A Look at the New Yorker's Sixth Issue: March 28, 1925
Were beauty under twenty locks kept fast,Yet love breaks through and picks them all at last.--Shakespeare,Ā Venus and AdonisLove laughs at locksmiths.--ProverbEveryone knows women and cats sell...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #467
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #467 for March 23, 2015. The drawing is by Paul Noth."I told him no way you're flying south without me."Here are some other working captions I...
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A New Case for a New iPhone
The case arrived today for my new iPhone 6. Like the last case I had for the iPhone 5S, it is a George Booth design featuring an English bull terrier. If you recognize me about town carrying my new...
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The Runner-Up iPhone Case
When I sat down to select my new iPhone case, I had to choose between one with a gorgeous 1974Ā New Yorker cover by George Booth and one with a brilliant New Yorker cartoon by Charles Barsotti.Ā The...
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Ed Arno's Superman
Superman goes to a fortuneteller in this original cartoon art by Ed Arno. It was first offered on eBay in 2013 for $50. When it received no bids, theĀ seller lowered the price to $25 and it sold.Ed...
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Ed Arno's Blind Beggar
Ed Arno's 1985 oil on canvas Blind Man Begging shows the hazard of not being able to see where the money is going. It was offered for sale on eBay in 2013, eventually selling for $49. Two years earlier...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for January/February 2015
Well, now I've done it. Having used this very public platform to endorse New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff for President--admittedly a long shot but nevertheless an excellent choice--the Federal...
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Saul Steinberg's Mural of Cincinnati
Saul Steinberg'sĀ Mural of Cincinnati was created in New York in 1947 and installed in the Skyline Dining Room of the Terrace Plaza Hotel the following year. The mural was removed in 1965 when the hotel...
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Saul Steinberg by Irving Penn
Sheet-fed gravure is a printing process for making high-quality impressions. This gravure is a 1960 Swiss impression of a 1947 Irving Penn photograph. The subject is Saul Steinberg. The artist is posed...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #465
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #465 for March 9, 2015. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."What I meant by Down Under wasĀ our Sydney branch."Here are some other captions I...
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Ronald Searle ALS: Dear Irving
Ten years ago, Swann Galleries sold an autograph letter signed from Ronald SearleĀ giving thanks to columnist and press agent Irving Hoffman. The letter, which is from 1958 and not 1948--Swann would not...
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Ronald Searle ALS: Dear Woody
The doctor is in. A 1952 illustrated letter from Ronald Searle inquires, "And how are we feeling this morning?" Much better now.Ronald Searle,Ā Illustrated ALS on his Newtown Road stationery"Thursday 10...
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Ed Arno's Cover Mock-Up for The Magic Fish
This Mock-Up for the front and back covers to Ed Arno'sThe Magic Fish (1967) was offered for sale on eBay in 2013. It is called original cover artwork in the eBay listing, and as far as the fish is...
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A Look at the New Yorker's Seventh Issue: April 4, 2015
Ilonka Karasz was making beautiful covers for The New Yorker within a few weeks of its founding, and she is making beautiful covers for The New Yorker today. For almost forty years I have been grateful...
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Ronald Searle ALS: Dear Irving
Ten years ago, Swann Galleries sold an autograph letter signed from Ronald SearleĀ giving thanks to columnist and press agent Irving Hoffman. The letter, which is from 1958 and not 1948--Swann would not...
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