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A License Plate for Mother's Day
This is the license plate you want to have for Mother's Day."TOPMOM"0721
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Moms and Marlboros
A 1951 advertising campaign from Philip Morris used that special relationship between mother and child to promote cigarette smoking. Mothers were encouraged to smoke, and it was implied that they would...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #380
This is my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #380 for May 13, 2013. The drawing is by Paul Noth."Why didn't we bring a shovel?"Note:Â Read my previous entry in the Cartoon Caption...
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Felipe Galindo's Manhatitlan
On May 3rd, I attended the opening reception for Felipe Galindo's exhibition "Manhatitlan: Mexican and American Cultures Intertwined." The show consists of a series of vibrant, limited-edition prints...
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Roz Chast's Cringe and Die: A True Story
Roz Chast's cartoons are quirky and clever. She is one of the most popular artists at The New Yorker today. Frequently her humor veers away from the standard single-panel cartoon into something more...
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Merian Metamorphosis
Here are some remarkable hand-colored, engraved plates by naturalist Maria Sybilla Merian. They depict plant and animal life of Surinam. Insects were her particular specialty. In April, the William...
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Autographed Sketches by Henry Martin
Here are three similar signed souvenir ink sketches from cartoonist Henry Martin. They are executed on color cards and are inscribed to one Vic. They apparently were sent atvarious times.Henry Martin,...
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Priceless George Price
I'm usually pretty forthcoming about reporting winning bids, at least when I know what they are. Generally, in the case of eBay, the information is readily available. In fact, I don't recall seeing a...
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Elgar, Delius, Holst
Illustrator Eric Fraser (1902-1983) drew portraits of composers Edward Elgar, Frederick Delius, and Gustav Holst for the radio broadcast of a 1959 concert commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of...
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Dachshunds by Kiyoshi Saito
This delightful color woodcut of a dachshund is by Kiyoshi Saito (1907-1992).Kiyoshi Saito,DachshundWilliam Doyle Galleries, October 31,...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #381
This is my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #381 for May 20, 2013. The drawing is by Drew Dernavich."On your right."Note:Â Read my previous entry in the Cartoon Caption Contest here.0731
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Meilo So's New Contact
In anticipation of BookExpo America, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is holding an online auction of original illustration art and prints. The works to be sold are listed on...
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Remembering Ed Fisher
Ed Fisher (1926-2013) was one of twenty-five cartoonists included in The Punch Line (1969), a collection of Punch cartoons edited by William Cole for the American market. A memorial service for Fisher...
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Arthur Rackham: The Rhinemaidens Warn Siegfried
Back in my college days, I first encountered Richard Wagner's Götterdämmerung, the fourth and final opera of the Ring cycle. At the beginning of Act III, the Rhinemaidens lament the lost Rhinegold,...
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Christoph Niemann Embracing Dental Care
Christoph Niemann's 2012 silkscreen print of a toothbrush and toothpaste embracing is being offered at auction on eBay this week by the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. Bidding...
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Schulz Letters
Charles M. Schulz, creator of the beloved Peanuts comic strip, spruced up his letters with printed images of Snoopy at his typewriter. A small collection of his correspondence from the 1970's was...
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Nathan Hale's Mermaid Tales
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is selling an original illustration from Nathan Hale's forthcoming book Hale's Hazardous Tales: Donner Dinner Party (2013). I'm really not sure I...
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Sophie Blackall's Ivy Has an Idea
The Ivy & Bean books are written by Annie Barrows and illustrated by Sophie Blackall. An original book illustration of Ivy developing an idea is creating a bit of a bidding contest on eBay right...
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Ramsey Beyer's Little Fish
The American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression is auctioning off this original illustration by Ramsey Beyer from Little Fish. The book will be published in September. Bidding concludes on...
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Sofia Alvarez Rojo's Birds of a Feather
Many children's book illustrators donated original works to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. This mixed media work of birds, or at least their heads, by Sofia Alvarez Rojo is...
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