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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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Barbara Shermund's Big-Game Hunter
A lovely, framed piece of preliminary New Yorker art by Barbara Shermund was sold on eBay in March. Such preliminary artwork lets us compare the artist's original conception of the cartoon with the...
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A Look at the New Yorker's Eighth Issue: April 11, 2015
Easter was the heavenly theme of the New Yorker's cover for the April 11, 1925 issue, but inside the magazine it was business as usual.Rea Irvin,The New Yorker, April 11, 1925Are the Coolidges going to...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #469
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #469 for April 6, 2015. The drawing is by Kaamran Hafeez."They call her the Apple Horse."Here are a few unused captions, pardner."I've...
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Bob Mankoff Standing Self-Portrait Signing
Here's another self-portrait of New Yorker cartoon editor Bob Mankoff, this time standing and signing his name. This original drawing appears in a copy of The New Yorker Cartoon Yearbook 2007.Bob...
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Bob Mankoff for President
Four years ago this blog neglected to endorse a Presidential candidate. That moral lapse will not be repeated in the current election cycle. Today Attempted Bloggery is proud to lead the national...
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A Look at the New Yorker's Fifth Issue
The New Yorker's fifth cover of March 21, 1925 is the first to feature the City's spectacular skyline. From our rooftop vantage point, we see a couple, their hats off, enjoying the mild spring weather...
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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, 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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National Library Week: Whitney Darrow, Jr.
The Boeing 747 underwent its first flight in February of 1969 and entered commercial service the following year. Its distinctive four-engine design may have inspired Whitney Darrow, Jr. in his poster...
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National Library Week: Peter Max
Whitney Darrow's poster for National Library Week in 1969 was aimed at the youngest readers. For the slightly older crowd, there was a psychedelic poster by Peter Max. The book at the bottom of the...
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Income Tax Calculator: Bob Knox Original New Yorker Cover Art
Artist Bob Knox's 1989 New Yorker cover mixes the old and the new. An ancient abacus is enlisted to perform the calculations needed to complete the modern income tax return. Today, it is the paper form...
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City Cyclists: Charles Saxon Original New Yorker Cover Art
Charles Saxon takes the time to note what is going by, but do his cyclists have the time to see what they are passing? Saxon captures the architectural grandeur and ambient light of these upscale homes...
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Summer Idylls: Helen E. Hokinson New Yorker Cover Art
Helen E. Hokinson'sNew Yorker cover of August 21, 1948 is unusual in several respects. It is rendered delicately in just a single shade of red, perhaps in ink. The design includes four separate scenes,...
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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, 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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