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Peter Arno's Sizzling Platter Inscribed, Part 2
In marked contrast to the beautiful presentation copy of Peter Arno'sSizzling Platter (1949) shown in this space last post, here is a cruder copy from my own collection picked up on eBay some years...
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Earth Day: Peter Arno's Fresh Produce
For Earth Day, here's something fresh from cartoonist Peter Arno that's all-natural and 100% organic."Young man! You put that celery in a bag, where it belongs!"Peter Arno, Original artSkinner, March...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #518
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #518 for April 18, 2016. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."Would you prefer a rocking horse with no name?"Note: Last week Harry Bliss put the Grim...
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Polo Shtick: Peter Arno New Yorker Cover Art
The original artwork for Peter Arno'sNew Yorker cover of August 11, 1928 depicts a startling encounter on the polo grounds. It is disappointing that the colors have faded. The art was sold on eBay in...
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Peter Arno: The New Yorker's Advice to Cajolers
In June of 1932 the New Yorker placed an advertisement, possibly in the trade press, entitled "Advice to Cajolers." It was the Great Depression, and the magazine needed to convince marketers to spend...
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Peter Arno: Getting the After-Theatre Crowd
In New York, everyone likes to play to a crowd! Peter Arno understands this—after all, he does a bit of it himself—and he uses it to good effect in the cartoon "We were lucky to get the after-theatre...
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Peter Arno: With Reservation
Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mindSees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind;His soul proud Science never taught to strayFar as the solar walk or milky way;Yet simple nature to his hope has...
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Peter Arno: Without Reservation
"Morning, Chief!"is a cartoon by Peter Arno with a short caption and a long headdress. The play on words suggests, but certainly doesn't prove, the involvement of an uncredited gag writer. The original...
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Peter Arno: My Ride Left With My Girlfriend
A Peter Arno mystery turned up in 2014 at Capo in Long Island City. Offered at auction was original artwork of a woman seeking a ride. The artwork is less detailed than a typical New Yorker drawing. It...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #519
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #519 for August 25, 2016. The drawing is by Tom Toro."Is he still worth two in the bush?"Note: Last week, P. C. Vey took us back to the...
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Peter Arno and Otto Soglow in the Operating Room
Was cartoonist Otto Soglow aware of a drawing that Peter Arno published in College Humor? Were the New Yorker's editors? Here are two cartoons published more than four years apart in the different...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #520
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #520 for May 2, 2016. The drawing is by Corey Pandolph."I am not hiding it under my skirt."Apparently I went there. The bright side of failing...
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Resting in Comfort
It's been an exhausting week.Note: This blog has a lot more for dog lovers.01851
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Peter Arno: Waiting for the Good News
When sorrows come, they come not single spiesBut in battalions.William Shakespeare, Hamlet IV.5So says King Claudius to his distraught wife Gertrude. Peter Arno has his butler put it almost as...
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Ramona Fradon: Five Superheroines
On Mother's Day, it's time to celebrate the amazing women in our lives: the superheroines. From the pencil of Ramona Fradon, these five talented women remind us how important it is to look and dress...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #521
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #521 for May 9, 2016. The drawing is by Robert Leighton."It worked better for Dale Carnegie."Well it didn't work for me. Neither did this...
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Richard Merkin's Peter Arno
Richard Merkin's illustration of Peter Arno appeared in the New Yorker's 1993 anniversary issue. The cartoonist is shown in profile with a cigarette in his mouth, presiding over the city he loves. His...
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New Yorker Cartoonists for Libby's Gentle Press Tomato Juice
We all love a good print ad, but the fourteenth Art Directors Annual of Advertising Arts from 1935 doesn't quite get it right. It diligently collects artwork exhibited at the Art Directors Club in the...
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eBay 101: Whoops! A Signed Copy of Peter Arno's Whoops Dearie!
Today's eBay 101 lesson is very simple: If you're going to sell a signed book, take a picture of the signature. Peter Arno has gotten a lot of attention lately, so this copy of Whoops Dearie! (1927)...
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Peter Arno's Hullabaloo Signed Limited Edition
On eBay last week, a limited edition copy of Peter Arno'sHullabaloo (1930) signed by the artist changed hands. Arno signed it in his characteristic blue pen not on the limitation page but beneath a...
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