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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #550
Okay, I've lined up my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #550 for December 19, 2016. The drawing is by Tom Toro."Why, yes, I used to work for Jet Blue. How did you know?"Here are a couple...
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Charles Addams: Morticia Haunting
On October 23 of this year, @joecab left a comment on my milestone 2000th blog post, which was all about how Charles Addams turned me into a first-time rare book collector. He wrote:I actually have a...
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A Charles Addams House for Jackie Kennedy
Property from Kennedy Family Homes—yes, those Kennedys—were sold at Sotheby's New York in 2005. Included in that sale was a watercolor by Charles Addams inscribed "To Jackie/like Newport." The painting...
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Victor Herbert's Auditorium Festival March
Auditorium Festival March is an orchestral piece composed by Victor Herbert in 1901. Named for Dankmar Adler and Louis Sullivan's Auditorium Theatre in Chicago, it is sometimes referred to simply as...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #551
Give a wave to my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #551 for January 2, 2016. The drawing is by Tom Chitty,"It's the uncharted waters we've been hearing about!"And some throwaways:"We...
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Animations of Mortality Signed by Terry Gilliam
Whither is fled the visionary gleam?Where is it now, the glory and the dream?—William WordsworthOde, Intimations of Immortality from Recollections of Early ChildhoodWell, don't ask me. But fast forward...
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New Books Signed by Michael Tisserand and Patrick McDonnell
Call me an old-timer if you like. I've now been living in the Princeton area long enough to have missed public appearances by Patrick McDonnelltwice. To make matters worse, this time it was a joint...
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Flood! Signed by Eric Drooker
Last Valentine's Day, a signed copy of Flood! by Eric Drooker slipped under the radar on eBay for just $9.95, less than it cost new. This copy even boasts a simple drawing of a fish right under the...
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Seen and Noted: A Mordillo Sketch
Seen and noted on eBay: An energetic souvenir sketch by Guillermo Mordillo is dated 1994 and at some point was carelessly folded through the image, the signature, and the inscription.eBay Listing...
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Vaughn Bodé: Early Cheech Wizard
A very early pencil drawing by Vaughn Bodé of Cheech Wizard is dated 1963 and signed Von. Cheech is shown walking with a Nile Bird which "speaks hieroglyphical." The drawing was donated by Larry Todd...
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Bernard Schoenbaum's Economic Stimulus Plan
Cartoonist Bernard Schoenbaum wryly presented an economic stimulus plan in the pages of the New Yorker twenty-five years ago. Today, a new Administration is preparing to take the reins in Washington...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #552
Hop aboard for my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #552 for January 9, 2017. The drawing is by Robert Leighton."The lake was more fun before climate change."Note: Last week cartoonist...
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The Bob and Ray Show Signed by Bob and Ray
Illustrator and book collector Stephen Kroninger writes of his copy of The Bob and Ray Show:I bought this on the street for five bucks years ago. I have no idea who Julie and Lester are but I've always...
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William Steig's Terms of Endearment
William Steig's art seems to maintain a Depression Era sensibility even in the postwar period. An endearing cartoon of his was published in the New Yorker of June 6, 1953 and any reader who thought it...
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Lee Lorenz: Calling Malcolm X
Original cartoon art from the 1960s by Lee Lorenz finds humor in the idea that a busy activist like Malcolm X might require something as conventional as an answering service. The cartoon has an unknown...
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Vaughn Bodé: Malcolm X Talks to Young People
An original pencil sketch by Vaughn Bodé, presumably from the 1960s or early 1970s, looks to be a comic book cover design related to the record Malcolm X Talks to Young People. There is indeed a...
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Updating Noah's Ark: Charles Addams and Howard V. Brown
Reading The New Yorker Album of Drawings 1925-1975 back when it was published, I encountered for the first time the classic 1946 Charles Addams cartoon updating the story of Noah's Ark. A line of...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #553
Here is what's left of my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #553 for January 16, 2017. The drawing is by Joe Dator."Otherwise, it was a great 100 days."After the fact, I realize I should...
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Let's Not Talk Politics
In 1940, Whitney Darrow, Jr. reminded us, in the pages of the New Yorker, why we should not talk politics. It's seventy-five years later and now—especially now—it's still a good subject to...
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Hey Dudes: Happy Inauguration from Maurice Sendak
Hey, Dudes!From current eBay listings, here are two examples of illustrator Maurice Sendak'sHappy Inauguration print which personally welcomed Bill, Hillary, and Chelsea Clinton to Washington in 1993....
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