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Charles Addams: Standing Fester
Perhaps you recall my earlier post about Charles Addams and what I call his "Flashing Festers." You can read it here. Well, thank goodness this 1972 sketch gives us a fully clothed, standing Uncle...
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China Advances
Last month I noted that China had suddenly appeared in my blog statistics as the country with the eighth greatest number of Attempted Bloggery page views. Prior to February of this year, it scarcely...
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Kenneth Mahood: Playing Both Sides of the Pond
Cartoonist Kenneth Mahood produced magazine covers inspired by Vincent Van Gogh for Punch in England and for The New Yorker in the U.S. They were separated by thirteen years and a large ocean. Both are...
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Fortune Cookie Genius
The secret to genius came to me in last month's fortune cookie. So now I have the secret but just I don't have the time for it."Genius is eternal patience."0704
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Just Another Spring Day in Central Park
Four years ago, I went for a walk in Central Park and did a little people-watching. There may have been some unusual goings on, but I didn't really know what to make of it at the time and I still...
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Spam I Am
Last Wednesday evening, Facebook decided to warn my friends that my own links to my own blog might very well be directing them to an unsafe site. The links are generated by my Twitter account and are...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #378
Ahoy, landlubbers! This is my entry in The New Yorker's Cartoon Caption Contest #378 for April 29, 2013. The drawing is by Michael Maslin. "She was my second choice. The only parrot in the shop called...
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With Laurel and Hardy's Best Wishes
The boys are looking dapper in this 1931 publicity photo inscribed to Jack Ogilvie of the Hal Roach Studios. It will be sold on May 5 at Bonhams in Los Angeles.Stax Graves, Laurel and Hardy, Hal Roach...
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May Day for Tintin
The first collected Adventures of Tintin book, Tintin in the Land of the Soviets from 1929 is scarce and it remained out of print for many years. The phenomenal price achieved for this volume at...
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MoCCA Fest 2013
This is the second year I've gone to MoCCA Fest. Last year the Museum of Comic and Cartoon Art was an independent entity. They put on a show where, despite my not being interested in at least 90% of...
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Little Bear by Maurice Sendak
BookExpo America, which supports the free speech rights of young readers, will be holding its 19th annual children's book art silent auction on May 29 at the Javits Convention Center in New York. This...
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The Alliterative Jack Ziegler
When my children bring up the contemporary cultural phenomenon Zombie Apocalypse, I point out to them that it is the repetition of the o sounds in both words that gives this particular phrase its...
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William Steig's Lion Shoot
Back in 1949 The New Yorker took this lovely artwork by William Steig and ran it as a small spot drawing to lead off the "Goings on About Town" section. The drawing shows a caged lion at the zoo proud...
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A Little Bit Wicked by Kristin Chenoweth
A Little Bit Wicked: Life, Love, and Faith in Stages (2009)Kristin Chenowethwith Joni Rodgers In her memoir A Little Bit Wicked,Kristin Chenoweth comes across as sweet, honest, and pretty decent,...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #379
This is my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #379 for May 6, 2013. The drawing is by John Klossner."If I could do it all over, I'd trade the bright, airy space andpanoramic view for some...
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Ronald Searle: Birthday Birds
A 1974 letter from Ronald Searle conveys slightly belated birthday wishes from him and Monica to Jean Ellsmoor, Searle's former secretary. The letter was typed and illustrated by Searle as only he...
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Supinely from Ed Koren
A while back, I posted images from a copy of Lee Lorenz's The Art of The New Yorker 1925-1995 that once belonged to cartoonist David Pascal. Here is another copy of the book in my collection, this one...
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George Booth: Bearing Secrets
The following unpublished drawing by George Booth was listed on eBay in March. The seller is right in calling it rare, but why is it rare? Most New Yorker cartoonists probably produce at least ten...
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Richard Taylor's Musicians
Richard Taylor's drawing of orchestra musicians relaxing and warming up is a delightful spot drawing created for The New Yorker. It was sold on eBay in March for $249.Richard Taylor, Musicians, Spot...
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Seth: A Dog's Life
Here's a fine illustration by Seth (Gregory Gallant) of a homeless dog. It's too bad we don't get a little more information when something like this is listed on eBay. It would be nice to know the...
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