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Gahan Wilson: What Employers Want
The job market is picking up. Cartoonist Gahan Wilson understands what employers are after.EBay Listing Ended July 7, 2015 with Best Offer...
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Seven by Gahan Wilson
Last spring over the course of two months these seven pieces of original cartoon art by Gahan Wilson were sold individually on eBay. No publication history is known for any of them and it seems likely...
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Gahan Wilson: The Count
A fine copy of Gahan Wilson's"...and then we'll get him!" is currently listed on eBay. It features the artist's original drawing of a certain well-known Count. The drawing is described as covering two...
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Gahan Wilson's Head Case
We continue our survey of original cartoon art by Gahan Wilson. This piece was sold on eBay three months ago.Gahan Wilson,"Fine. Now turn your head forward."eBay Listing Ended July 28, 2015 with But It...
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Gahan Wilson: Something Under the Chair
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson knows there's more than one place in the house to find a monster.Gahan Wilson,"It's just like that thing you've got under your bed only this one is for old people."EBay Listing...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #494
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #494 for October 19, 2015. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz."Some of us have boundary issues."My analyst asked me not to submit this...
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The Evolving Gahan Wilson
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson's whales reminisce about their Darwinian past.Gahan Wilson,"That stretch we whales put in as land animals was a total waste of time!"EBay Listing Ended August 30,...
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Gahan Wilson in Space
Here are two examples of original cartoon art by Gahan Wilson that are simply out of this world.Gahan Wilson,"We're obviously not the first to land on this planet!"Gahan Wilson, "Remember the Big...
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Charles Addams: Yes, The New Yorker
Once the [Addams F]amily appeared on television in 1964, New Yorker editor William Shawn banned them from the magazine, noting they were no longer appropriate for their sophisticated readership. The...
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A Charles Addams Letter on the Freeport Jail
Admirers of cartoonist Charles Addams must have written to him about all sorts of Gothic architecture. We know that Mrs. John Walton Barrett of Freeport, Illinois informed Mr. Addams of the fate of the...
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A Sign of Halloween
I spotted a couple of copies of this sign at work. This is a rare opportunity to share a Halloween pun.Note: There are a lot more blog posts here about Halloween.01670
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Charles Addams: Standing Morticia
A souvenir drawing by Charles Addams of Morticia was sold last week at Swann Galleries in New York. Apparently she's in one of her moods.Charles Addams,MorticiaSwann Galleries October 22, 2015, Sale...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #495
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #495 for October 26, 2015. The drawing is by Drew Dernavich."Our cybersecurity is now squeaky clean."Note: Last week Benjamin Schwartz held a...
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New Horizons in Literature: Diana Gabaldon's An Echo in the Bone
What my wife is reading:Diana Gabaldon,An Echo in the Bone, 2009This is the seventh book in the Outlander series.01673
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Tom Ford Sunglasses on Display
The displays for these sunglasses by Tom Ford have a fruity, tropical theme. These were spotted at Bloomingdale's in June.Bloomingdale's, June 7, 201501674
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Ed Arno's Companionable Silence
A work of original New Yorker cartoon art by Ed Arno was sold in July on eBay without the benefit of a caption. The seller writes, "This still has a cover over it from the New Yorker. I assume it had a...
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Four Drawings by Ed Arno
Four drawings by Ed Arno with unknown publication history were sold on eBay for $65 each in March and April of this year. Something must have gone wrong with the sale as later they soon returned to the...
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Ed Arno Buttoned Down
You'd better button up for this original 1965 cartoon by Ed Arno drawn as it could only be in Rome.eBay Listing Ended October 12,...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #496
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #496 for November 2, 2015. The drawing is by Tom Cheney."Frankly, I was hoping for a better trade-in."Now here's one I didn't submit. As you...
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Ed Arno's Jailbreak
The original artwork for a two-panel cartoon by Ed Arno was sold on eBay two years ago. For a cartoon depicting a jailbreak, it proves surprisingly heartwarming.eBay Listing Ended March 17,...
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