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Blog Post No. 1500: The Wisdom of Warren Buffett
How We Think About Market Fluctuations A short quiz: If you plan to eat hamburgers throughout your life and are not a cattle producer, should you wish for higher or lower prices for beef?...
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MoCCA Fest 2015: Chelsea Lately
I haven't spent a lot of time in Chelsea lately, but I went last Sunday to attend MoCCA Fest 2015 in its new venue. At just $5 a head, it's hard to find much fault with this. Most of the independent...
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Stepping into the Ocean with Lee Lorenz
An early example of original cartoon art by Lee Lorenz was offered on eBay in 2013. The eBay seller thought it was a New Yorker cartoon, but then, sellers will be sellers. The price was reduced from...
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A Lee Lorenz Cartoon Bank Print
For quite a few years now, the Cartoon Bank has offered moderately-priced prints of New Yorker cartoons. These are available in a variety of sizes and can be created on demand. A framed print of a Lee...
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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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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, 1925
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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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #468
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #468 for March 30, 2015. The drawing is by Mick Stevens."I love Roswell in the spring."Here's another close caption encounter:"You're...
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Captioning: Learning from George Booth
Two years ago today I entered my first cartoon caption contest. While my caption entries have had no impact on the New Yorker's weekly contest, they have enjoyed modest success in the bimonthly Moment...
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The New Yorker's First Easter Cover
The year is 1925. The artist is Rea Irvin. For the New Yorker's eighth issue, Irvin has created the magazine's first Easter cover. As he did in the magazine's third issue, he has hand-drawn that very...
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A Hybrid Copy of the New Yorker
A copy of the New Yorker's seventh issue from April 4, 1925 was sold on eBay in November. Bidding opened at $75. Two bidders placed one bid each in the last hour or so. The magazine sold for $560. But...
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Barbara Shermund's Native Islanders
Barbara Shermund's original color cartoon art of native islanders bidding farewell to American servicemen would seem to date from the end of World War II. The gag depicts the markedly differing...
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Ronald Searle: A Little Something for Earth Day
Happy Earth Day! In honor of our planet, here's the final drawing from Ronald Searle'sBig Fat Cat Book (1982). There should be no question who's in charge around here.Ronald Searle, from Big Fat Cat...
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A Look at the New Yorker's Tenth Issue: April 25, 1925
With the New Yorker's tenth issue, Ilonka Karasz becomes the first artist besides art advisor and editor Rea Irvin to produce a second cover for the magazine. She is also the first female cover artist....
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #471
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #471 for April 20, 2015. The drawing is by Will McPhail."They've got climate change figured down to the minute."An unused effort:"The caption...
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An Alexander Woollcott Caricature
An inscribed caricature of author and critic Alexander Woollcott was offered on eBay this month for a $25 starting bid. It did not attract any bidding activity. It was described as an original work by...
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Al Hirshfeld: The Algonquin Round Table
If you'd like to glimpse some of New York's literary lights of the 1920's you can't do better than this. Al Hirschfeld's famous lithograph of the Algonquin Round Table is a classic image of the...
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Zito's Caricature of Marc Connelly
Playwright Marc Connelly was a member of the legendary Algonquin Round Table. Here he inscribes a caricature portrait by Vincent Zito to the artist. Zito, who usually goes by his last name only, is...
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"Bills" by Lunch Money Lewis
Welcome to another back-to-work Monday. Lunch Money Lewis reminds us why we put up with all our hard work in his song "Bills." It's what the kids are listening to."Bills"Lunch Money Lewis"Bills" Sheet...
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Zito's Caricature of Tallulah Bankhead
Caricaturist Zito captured another member of the Algonquin Round Table, actress Tallulah Bankhead. The artwork is currently available on eBay.Zito, Caricature of Tallulah BankheadEBay Listing, April...
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