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William Von Riegen in College Humor, May 1937?
Two unsigned cartoons from the May 1937 issue of College Humor could be the work of William Von Riegen. The cartoons are reproduced in a horizontal orientation and the signatures may very well have...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #570
Lights! Camera! My entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #570 for May 22, 2017! The drawing is by Robert Leighton."Point taken, but I still prefer 'Psycho.'"Note:Â Last week, cartoonist Drew...
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Wiliam Von Rlegen in College Humor, July 1937
William Von Riegen has two cartoons in the July 1937 issue of College Humor. The first takes place at that fraught moment in the wedding ceremony just after we hear the words "speak now or forever hold...
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William Von RIegen in College Humor, September 1937
Two cartoons by William Von Riegen appear in the College Humor number from September 1937. Each cartoon has a woman speaker. The first young woman is insecure in her golfing skills, but she still...
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Blog Post No. 2200: Peter Arno Drawings from the Estate of Frank Modell
Cartoonist Frank Modell (1917-2016) started working at the New Yorker around 1946 as an assistant to James Geraghty, the art editor. Geraghty, among his many responsibilities, personally handled...
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William Von Riegen in College Humor, February 1938
In the uncomplicated world view of College Humor magazine back in the winter of 1938, Mr. Strinch and Mr. Blair are the generic names of successful men who quite naturally find themselves on the...
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William Von Riegen in College Humor, April 1938
In the Spring a livelier iris changes on the burnish'd dove;In the Spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love.—Alfred, Lord Tennyson"Locksley Hall"Spring is in the air once again in...
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William Von Riegen and the Third Reich
Many cartoonists did their patriotic duty during the Second World War by mocking the Fascists. A cartoon by William Von Riegen from the war years shows him to be a reasonable caricaturist in addition...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #571
Caption ho! Thar blows me entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #571 for May 29, 2017. The drawing is by Charle Hankin."Welcome to Sunken Donuts!"And some throwaway captions:"Not large. We...
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Buford Tune in College Humor, September 1937
Buford Tune (1906-1989) is best known as the creator of "Dotty Dripple," a comic strip which ran from 1944 to 1974 and resembled Chic Young's "Blondie." Two single-panel cartoons by Tune appear in the...
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Buford Tune on the Cover of Jokes, 1933
While we're on the subject of cartoonist Buford Tune...Karen Green, the Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia University, has reminded me of one of her finds from the cover-a-day project she...
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The File on Buford Tune
Five obscure gag cartoons by Buford Tune come to us today courtesy of Dick Buchanan's Cartoon Clip File. The earliest three cartoons are from 1000 New Jokes published by Dell. The title was formerly...
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Buford Tune's Dotty Dripple: Making a Splash
"This should stop your father from sliding down the bannister!"Â Original comic book cover art for Buford Tune'sDotty Dripple Comics #20 was sold at Heritage Auctions in 2004 for just $46. The comic...
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Ronald Searle: Lemon Hart Rum Acrobats
Lemon Hart and Son today calls itself the first official purveyor of rum to the British Royal Navy; presumably the Navy had earlier unofficial rum purveyors as well. Lamb's Navy Rum is a global blend...
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Eldon Dedini: Concours d'Elegance
On March 23, the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance wrote on its Facebook page:#tbt 1966: Eldon Dedini creates not one but two posters for the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance; the original art is...
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Name That Cartoonist
Can you identify the mystery cartoonist who drew this cartoon? The cartoon was published in Click's Cartoon Annual in 1940 without a signature, probably because it was cropped out of the published...
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Free Shakespeare in the Park: "Julius Caesar"
We caught Wednesday night's performance of "Julius Caesar" in Central Park. The smart-looking production was intensely comic, then tragic—although I'm not sure those two elements meshed seamlessly in...
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Bob Staake: Stay Up With a Good Book!
Posters supporting books and literacy help to ensure a new generation of readers.Bob Staake's delightful poster for the 2014 National Book Festival urges us to "Stay up with a good book!" The festival...
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Lou Myers in Times Square
In 1973, Cullen Rapp, Inc., as agent for cartoonist Lou Myers, send art directors a mailer that folded out into a poster of Times Square. Such mailers were used to inform potential advertisers of the...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #572
Everybody in the pool! While you're there, could you help fish out my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #572 for June 5, 2017? The drawing is by Michael Maslin."Now put that back in the...
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