Clik here to view.
Book Review: R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & Country
R. Crumb's Heroes of Blues, Jazz, & CountryA love of music should be a blessing to cartoonists. The hours spent at the drawing board pass very pleasantly with music, and one can be endlessly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thumbs Up!
A Disney Trading Pin with thumbs up from you-know-who!Disney Trading Pin0682
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Most Unfortunate Fortune
A most unfortunate fortune was found in last night's fortune cookie!"You should pay for this check. Be generous."0683
View ArticleClik here to view.
An Art Spiegelman Display Piece
Maus creator Art Spiegelman signed this 1999 San Diego Comic Con display card for the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and added a drawing. This unique piece sold on eBay for just over $200.Art...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Entry for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #375
Here is my entry for The New Yorker's Cartoon Caption Contest #375 for April 8, 2013. I never entered before, and never even came close to conceiving a caption. Lately, though, I've been having some...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Saul Steinberg: Two Landscapes
Two watercolor landscapes by Saul Steinberg were sold yesterday at Doyle in New York. For Mombasa (1969), Steinberg has chosen some fairly unremarkable white structures and boldly emblazoned them with...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Edward Gorey's Little Black Dress
Edward Gorey, man of fashion, spells it all out in black for a 2000 show at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Edward Gorey,"The Little Black Dress and Other Signs of Status" at F.I.T., The New...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ronald Searle's Painting Pig
Ronald Searle, Ausstellung Ronald Searle 11.Oktober - 10.November 1973, Galerie Wolfgang Gurlitt, München. Original Art for Poster. Private Collection.For a while in the 1960's, Ronald Searle was...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Frank Brangwyn's Old Salts
Sir Frank Brangwyn's black and white oil paint story illustration for "Captain Dick and Captain Jacka" was sold twice at Illustration House on December 6, 2008 (Lot 33) and on June 25, 2011 (Lot 65)....
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Kind of Fortune
I was lucky enough to receive this fortune last weekend. While I realize it's nothing personal, I'd still like to imagine some fortune cookie writer is giving a thumbs-up to my blog."Your wisdom is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tax Day
In the United States, federal income tax needs to be filed by tomorrow, April 15. Back in 1937 when this New Yorker cover by Constantin Alajalov was published, the income tax was due on March 15. As...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Entry for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #376
Here then is my second entry ever in The New Yorker's Cartoon Caption Contest. This is contest #376 for April 15, 2013. I seem to be appropriating the late Roger Ebert's practice of publishing his own...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Snoopy and Woodstock
Who wouldn't enjoy living with this classic little ink drawing by Charles M. Schulz showing a restful Snoopy with Woodstock standing alongside his doghouse? I've shown similar drawings from the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
National Library Week: Ronald Searle
What's that? It's National Library Week already?Last year for National Library Week I attempted to get together a nice selection of artists, then found I had more material by Ronald Searle than anyone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
National Library Week: Whitney Darrow, Jr.
My one-man celebration of National Library Week continues. As I revealed yesterday, I am drawn to depictions of private libraries rather than public ones, which is another way of saying I'm using the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
National Library Week: Ronald Searle Again
For the second year in a row, I've had more than one post about Ronald Searle during National Library Week. Go figure. I'm going to presume there's no need to explain myself here.If there's one thing I...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Rooms of Wonder: From Wunderkammer to Museum, 1599-1899
"Rooms of Wonder: From Wunderkammer to Museum, 1599-1899"The Grolier ClubDecember 5, 2012 to February 2, 2013In the days before large public museums, private collectors gathered interesting specimens...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Happy Earth Day!
Earth Day falls on April 22. Last year, I'm sorry to say, my celebration of Earth Day was marred by the unsolicited appearance of Marvin Martian. Or is it Marvin the Martian? Either way, I'm certainly...
View ArticleClik here to view.
My Entry for The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #377 for April 22, 2013
This makes the third time I've entered The New Yorker's Cartoon Caption Contest, which is Contest #377 for April 22, 2013. After this, I should probably stop counting my entries. The drawing is by Tom...
View ArticleBlog Post No. 700: The Many Hazards of Blogging
And so, ladies and gentlemen, I throw myself upon the mercy of the Court! Oops, wrong speech. Let me start over...Welcome to my 700th blog post! My musings have been appearing here more or less daily...
View Article