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Harry Bliss and William Steig: No Spring Chickens
New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss publishes a daily syndicated cartoon called Bliss. Yesterday's cartoon offers a wry observation about getting older.Harry Bliss,Bliss, June 16,...
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Frank Beaven in College Humor, October 1937
Goodness gracious! If you think a 1930's gag cartoon featuring two busty women and calling attention to their obvious physical similarities is the sort of puerile, sophomoric humor that could only...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #573
It's already visiting hours for my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #573 dated June 19, 2017. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."The doctor wants me to have a six-pack!"The following captions...
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License Plate for Earning Time-and-a-Half?
If your contractor shows up with this license plate, you might want to negotiate the price in full ahead of time."OVRT1ME"New Jersey License Plate***Okay, this seems like a good time to review the...
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George Grosz on Cape Cod
George Grosz fled from Germany to the U.S. in 1933. He lived in Douglaston, Queens, and between 1936 and 1945 he spent his summers on Cape Cod. There he spent many hours painting among the sand dunes....
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E. H. Shepard: On the Bridge
An iconic illustration by E. H. Shepard shows Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, and Christopher Robin standing on what is the Posingford Bridge in Sussex and gazing silently at the river below them. It appears...
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Now We Are Six
E. H. Shepard, "The Morning Walk"A. A. Milne, Now We Are Six, 1927, pages 84-85http://www.childrensbooksonline.org/Now_We_are_Six/pages/51_Now_We_are_Six.htmE. H. Shepard, "Anne's Balloon"A. A. Milne,...
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E. H. Shepard: Winnie-the-Pooh and the Honey Jar
A drawing of Winnie-the-Pooh holding the honey jar was made on camera by E. H. Shepard in the late 1960s for a documentary by Hans Keller. The original art was sold at Sotheby's in December.E. H....
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E. H. Shepard: Reaching for the Honey Jar
A colored drawing of piglet and Winnie-the-Pooh by Ernest H. Shepard is signed and dated 28 January 1970. It depicts Pooh Bear reaching for a jar of honey and is inscribed "Replica drawing for Leif...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #574
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #574 for June 26, 2017. The drawing is by P. C. Vey."At last my career is smoking hot!"These caption ingredients just didn't make it into the...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for May/June 2017
Here are my two entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for May/June 2017. I don't really have a preference between them this time. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz."No kidding? My zaide was...
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Ray Rohn: A Portrait of a Serviceman
The late Marge Schrader would go to thrift stores and yard sales, bringing home books by the hundreds. She would read them and then donate most of them to a worthy cause, but one that she chose to keep...
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Ronald Searle: Portraits of Officers
On June 29, 2011, twenty-nine lots of original artwork by British caricaturist Ronald Searle were auctioned off at Christie's South Kensington. Many of these pieces were original St. Trinian's cartoons...
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Garbo Reads
Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Jackie Kennedy Onassis. Ambassador Pamela Harriman. The list of A-listers in the social circle of New Yorker cartoonist and Addams Family creator Charles Addams has been...
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"Pippin" in Princeton
I enjoyed last night's performance of "Pippin" (1972) at the Hamilton Murray Theater on the Princeton University campus. It is the opening show of this season's Princeton Summer Theater. I still...
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Today's Walk: Deer
I spotted a deer on today's walk. But could there be more than one?02231
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James Thurber: The Last Flower and the Death of Peace
Charles Addams wasn't the only New Yorker cartoonist to travel in rarefied social circles. In 1939, James Thurber presented a copy of his new book The Last Flower to actor James Cagney and his wife...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #575
Follow along with my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #575 for July 3, 2017. The drawing is by Tom Cheney."I figure we can always use one more lawyer."These unused captions trailed...
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We the People
On July 4, we celebrate the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776. It is the Constitution, though, ratified in 1788, that establishes the framework of our government, and the Bill of...
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James Thurber's Men of the World
There seems to be no limit to the ability of eBay sellers to create unnecessary difficulty. One eBay seller stated he had an original New Yorker cartoon by James Thurber owned by the Bissell family,...
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