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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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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #474
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #474 for May 11, 2015. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."He works from home."Note: Last week, cartoonist Michael Maslin took us across the galaxy...
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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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Jean-Michel Folon: In the Cards
We all know you shouldn't wear your heart on your sleeve, but it might just be okay on your tie. Or is that a shirt? A delightful poster by Jean-Michel Folon for Galerie Marquet is being offered this...
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Cyrk: Sawing the Woman in Two
Polish circus posters are among the most inventive produced anywhere. Here's an especially amusing one of a magician performing a classic trick. It is being offered this week at Skinner.Polish Circus...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #475
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #475 for May 18, 2015. The drawing is by Frank Cotham."What would you do with venture capital that you're not doing now?"That's a bit wordy....
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Cyrk Posters of a Walrus and a Clown with a Slingshot
Here are two more Polish Circus Posters from a past Skinner auction. Jerzy Czerniawski's poster of a walrus has interesting lettering, while Jan Mlodozeniec's poster of a clown is notable for its...
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Jim Dine's Short Sharp Shock
Jim Dine created an unusually disturbing poster for the New York City Center Gilbert and Sullivan Company's 1968 season. The poster's graphics recall the threatened beheading that is central to the...
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Jim Dine's Art
You know that it's art if it says so. This limited edition offset lithographic poster by Jim Dine from 1968 is definitely art. See for yourself.Jim Dine,Art, 1968, 130/144It is being offered this week...
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Matthew Diffee's Hand Drawn Joke Caption Contest
New Yorker cartoonist Matthew Diffee's brand new book is called Hand Drawn Jokes for Smart Attractive People. He promoted this book with a one-off caption contest. Here's my personal entry, with...
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What You Park in Da Street
So, what do you park in da street?"DA CAR"New York State license plateNote: Click to see more blog posts about license plates I've come across in my travels.01532
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Rodents? Really?
My car does not sport a vanity license plate, but if it did I would not mention any sort of vermin."RATS-1"New York State License PlateNote: What would you do with a vanity license plate?01533
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #476
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #476 for May 25, 2015. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz."You need to be more grounded."I played with a lot of captions this week."Isn't it...
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Whitney Darrow, Jr. for Roy Doty
"Stop, Miss!" is a 1957 collection of cartoons by Whitney Darrow, Jr. The book opens with a drawing of an astronaut carrying a sign and a hammer, a reference to the title cartoon.Whitney Darrow, Jr.,...
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Whitney Darrow, Jr.: The Very Rich Collector
If you've been secretly wondering what life is like for the elite art collector, this artwork by Whitney Darrow, Jr. should clear up a lot of the mystery. For one thing, the collector subscribes to a...
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Whitney Darrow, Jr.: Tiger Tamer
They're big cats for sure! Illustration House identifies the subject of this drawing by Whitney Darrow, Jr. as a lion tamer, which seems reasonable enough. Still, both big cats are drawn with stripes,...
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Whitney Darrow Toasts Whitney Darrow
This unsigned piece by Whitney Darrow, Jr. was sold on eBay late in 2013. Three months earlier it had been part of a larger lot offered in Copake, New York where it was identified as a Darrow...
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The City Kids of Whitney Darrow, Jr.
Whitney Darrow, Jr. One of my all-time favorites. Perhaps the best ever at drawing original cartoons in his books as gifts for the recipients.--Christpher WheelerPerhaps indeed. One book recipient,...
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