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The New Yorker–Acura 2016 Cartoon Caption Contest
It's a good thing I didn't know about The New Yorker–Acura 2016 Cartoon Caption Contest, because I never would have come up with anything half as good as Lance Daly did. Last month on Twitter, Mr. Daly...
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New Yorker N-Grams
The Google Books Ngram Viewer allows for the quantitative display of specific names and phrases that have appeared in print and been scanned by Google Books in publications from prior to 2008. Now that...
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Seen and Noted: Steadman Spatter
Aerosolized ink spatter on the wall is officially acknowledged to be collateral damage from last year's visit by Ralph Steadman to the Society of Illustrators in New York.The sign reads "Ralph Steadman...
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Drew Friedman's Heroes of the Comics
On Thursday evening, I attended the opening of the exhibition Drew Friedman's "Heroes of the Comics" at the Society of Illustrators. About half of the artist's originals portraits of comic book giants...
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Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration (1917-2017)
"Will Eisner: The Centennial Celebration (1917-2017)" at the Society of Illustrators surpasses all expectations. To see this much original Eisner art is a rare treat indeed. Photographs can hardly...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #568
Don't get weighed down by my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #568 for May 8, 2017. The drawing is by Peter Kuper."Would you like some water?"And here's a throwaway caption:"So, how did...
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Claude in Color
Color television was still a novelty in 1956 when "The Perry Como Show" became the first live nationally-broadcast program to adopt color for a majority of its episodes. Even if your family had a color...
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Claude: Getting With the Program
As television gained popularity in the postwar period, Americans learned to organize their free time around the medium's broadcast schedule. In 1952, Walter Annenberg launched TV Guide, a...
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Claude's Stout Poet
Some prefer their poets thin and starving. Claude Smith'sNew Yorker cartoon from the April 24, 1954 issue raises the question of just how we size up creative people.Charles E. Martin, The New Yorker,...
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Claude's Super Hot Dog
The 1950s saw the rise of both fast food and home baking, although these two distinct culinary trends usually did not come up at the same time. Claude Smith's original New Yorker artwork from the...
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Claude: "Honey, I'm Home."
Sometimes eBay sellers are at their best when they offer a bit of unsolicited home decorating advice. For example, an eight-panel original New Yorker cartoon from the late summer of 1950 by Claude...
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William Von RIegen in College Humor, October 1937
Eighty years ago in College Humor, a cartoon by William Von Riegen depicted a young man facing his first paternity challenge. And people think this blogger doesn't know how to celebrate Mother's...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #569
My entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #569 for May 15, 2017 is not likely to make a splash. The drawing is by Drew Dernavich."As we deconstruct the administrative state, let's call them...
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William Von Riegen: Passing the Buck
Dick Buchanan has gone into his clip files and sent along two published cartoons by William Von Riegen from the 1950s. He writes, "I have absolutely no information on this guy other than his cartoons...
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William Von Riegen: Passing the Buck, Part 2
"This Funny World" was a single-panel newspaper cartoon published by the McNaught Syndicate between 1944 and 1985. Many cartoonists contributed to this strip, including William Von Riegen, one of whose...
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William Von Riegen: The Last Time I Saw Them
William Von Riegen had a number of accomplished artistic styles in his arsenal, from loose and sketchy figure drawings to more finished and painterly illustrations. He thus could bring a very different...
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Today's Walk: A Private Crossing?
On a trail that crosses private property, the owner of the land may grant permission to allow passage. This easement may be revoked at will by the property owner. Sidewalks in Manhattan are, of course,...
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William Von Riegen: Second Thoughts?
William Von Riegen provided cartoons for a variety of markets including the men's magazine Esquire. In 1956, he created a color cartoon which leaves little doubt as to the woman's motivation for...
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Morven Museum and Garden
Today we headed to the Morven Museum and Garden to catch "Bruce Springsteen: A Photographic Journey." The exhibition closes on May 21.02194
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William Von Riegen in College Humor, July 1936
A trio of cartoons by William Von Riegen in the July 1936 issue of College Humor are set in a theatre, in a restaurant, and in a tattoo parlor. Nevertheless, they do have one thing in common: in each...
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