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Peter Arno for Barney Gallant
Peter Arno's caricature of Barney Gallant can be seen in a print advertisement for Barney's, presumably a lower Manhattan speakeasy. The ad reportedly dates from 1930 which would place it in the...
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Peter Arno's Lost Horse
A set of cocktail napkins designed by Peter Arnowas offered on eBay in 2013. There are seven napkins here; presumably one has been lost. It seems a horse has been lost as well, but perhaps not...
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Of Eggs and Arno
Last week if you were on eBay searching for original art by Peter Arno, you would have found a somewhat disconcerting original illustration. The eBay seller describes it as "a bold and dramatic cartoon...
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Assault & Butlery: Rowland B. Wilson's Whodunnit
Welcome to America's most popular blog.In 1981, cartoonist Rowland B. Wilson reported on the Fraternal Order of Butlers Annual Dinner. The results are not pretty...Rowland B. Wilson,"This case is going...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #515
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #515 for March 28, 2016. The drawing is by Tom Cheney."See? The brakes work no better on this line."April 4, 2016 Update: The FinalistsIn the...
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William Steig: Met Fans
It's a new baseball season. William Steig draws the New York Mets and their fans, although some fans here may be thinking of a different Met. Play ball and it ain't over till the fat lady sings!Swann...
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Three Years of Captioning
Three years ago I submitted my first contest caption. You can blame cartoonist Danny Shanahan, who started a short-lived caption contest back then, and publicity about the late Roger Ebert, who...
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Edward Sorel's Larger-Than-Life Peter Arno Mural
Edward Sorel's mural completed in 2009 for New York's Monkey Bar features luminaries of the 1920's and 1930's. In one of the sections, Peter Arno is shown at the lower left looking angular in...
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Peter Arno: Roughing It on a Yacht
Reader and contributor David from Manhattan writes about a sketch by Peter Arno done on board ship:Arno's biographer has seen the attached, but almost no one else, so I thought I'd share it. Back in...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for January/February 2016
The Moment Cartoon Caption Contest allows multiple entries and I submitted no fewer than eight for the January/February 2016 contest.“I think I’ve got the inside track.”“Do you think there’s paperwork...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #516
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #516 for April 4, 2016. The drawing is by Michael Crawford."I give up. How will I be more like Charle Brown?"Remember this?"My insurance...
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Peter Arno for Mary MacArthur: Whoops!
In 1942, cartoonist Peter Arno presented an original drawing of his outrageous Whoops Sisters to Mary MacArthur, the daughter of actress Helen Hayes. Now long past their heyday in the 1920's, the...
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William Hamilton (1939-2016): Molière's Tartuffe
New Yorker cartoonist William Hamilton, chronicler of foibles of the rich and preppy, died on Friday in a car accident. He had been contributing to the New Yorker since 1965. In 2004, he illustrated a...
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Peter Arno's Negligee Negligence
Reader and contributor David from Manhattan writes about a 1932 Peter Arno original sold on eBay last spring. It has a fascinating provenance and some related caption variants, prompting him to offer...
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Peter Arno: Keeping George Carter in Town
For one night in April 2014, the Westport Historical Society exhibited a few works of original New Yorker artwork in conjunction with the hugely popular "Cover Story: The New Yorker in Westport" show....
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Peter Arno Book Promotions
How do you sell a new cartoon book? Take a look at a few vintage ads for books by Peter Arno.Whoops Dearie!, 1927The New Yorker, April 30, 1927, page 51Whoops Dearie!,...
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Interview: Michael Maslin on Peter Arno
Amazingly, cartoonist Peter Arno has never been the subject of a biography—until now. Michael Maslin'sPeter Arno: The Mad, Mad World of The New Yorker's Greatest Cartoonist will be released on April...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #517—Almost
This is where ordinarily I would publish my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #517 for April 11, 2016 but I didn't come up with anything until long after the contest ended, and it isn't...
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The Peter Arno of Novelists
In 1930 Wood Kahler, author of a novel called Early to Bed, published Smart Setback. In reviewing it, the Philadelphia Inquirer called Mr. Kahler "the Peter Arno of novelists." Cartoonist Peter Arno,...
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Peter Arno's Sizzling Platter Inscribed
This month a signed and inscribed copy of Peter Arno'sSizzling Platter (1949) turned up on eBay. The book is inscribed to two people, making for an unusual inscription.Peter Arno's Sizzling Platter...
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