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Mischa Richter: The Unforgiven
An original 1990 New Yorker cartoon by Mischa Richter brilliantly conflates the political and the personal. Note too the body language: how the husband leans forward in a bid for the marriage...
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Mischa Richter: On Being Oneself
Be yourself? Original New Yorker art by Mischa Richter from 1995 gets pragmatic about individualism."I tried being myself, but it wasn't getting me anywhere."Mischa Richter, original artThe New Yorker,...
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A Rewarding License Plate
Here's a license plate for those who appreciate the value of hard work.02278
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Mischa Richter: Bathing Buddies
A cartoon by Mischa Richter presumably from the era of the second World War comes to us without its publication history and with only an incomplete caption. "How many times, Wilkins, must I ask you not...
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My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #580
Lie back and enjoy my entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #580 for August 21, 2017. The drawing is by Frank Cotham."He distinctly gave me forty winks, not forty lashes!"These caption...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for July/August 2017
The bimonthly Moment magazine cartoon caption contest offers the chance to try one's hand at Jewish humor. There is no limit to the number of entries. I submitted four in the July/August 2017 contest,...
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Mischa Richter: A Conservative Fix
Is ordering a drink a political act? Original New Yorker art by Mischa Richter from 1987 attempts to get to the bottom of it all."Fix me something that reflects traditional values."Mischa Richter...
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At Sea Without Peter Arno
In the comments section of yesterday's post, cartoonist Paul Merklein raised the question of the authenticity of a purported Peter Arno cartoon original with a listing concluding today on eBay. He...
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Mischa Richter: Canine Considerations
A dog seen in the original art to a 1988 Mischa Richter's New Yorker cartoon rethinks his traditional relationship with humanity. Things were rough back then. What on earth would the dog think today?...
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Mischa Richter: Waiting for the Evidence
Original cartoon art by Mischa Richter for a 1987 New Yorker cartoon raises the issue of just when skepticism becomes unhealthy. Now, thirty years later, skepticism has become denial and more deniers...
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Mischa Richter: Sporting Lady Liberty
Cartoonist Mischa Richter included Lady Liberty—usually accompanied by her partner Uncle Sam—as a recurring character in many of his New Yorker cartoons. Back in a 1977 cartoon, he showed her sporting...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #581
I'm handing down my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #581 for August 28, 2017. The drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz."It's not a commandment, but if youlove Me you'll wear it."I had to...
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Gregory d'Alessio: Innocent Ankles
Cartoonist Gregory d'Alessio (1904-1993) published work in the New Yorker, Esquire, College Humor, and Collier's, and was syndicated nationally in newspapers. Later, he taught drawing at the Art...
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Gregory d'Alessio: Summer Fishing
The June 11, 1949 cover of Collier's features an illustration by Gregory d'Alessio. The summery image features an overcrowded recreational fishing boat. The illustration is very busy, probably too...
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Gregory d'Alessio in College Humor, July 1936
The July 1936 issue of College Humor has four cartoons by Gregory d'Alessio. The first is a visual gag about radio, a common cartoon trope of the time."That was 'Strangler' Murphy, folks, demonstrating...
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Roz Chast for the National Book Festival
Tomorrow in Washington:Roz Chast, Library of Congress, National Book Festival, September 2, 2017Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery ArchivesRoz ChastPostersAttempted Bloggery's Rather Bookish Index02291
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Gregory d'Alessio in College Humor, May 1937
Lights! Camera! Cartoonist Gregory d'Alessio takes us right to the action in his full-page cartoon from the May 1937 issue of College Humor. When it comes time to shoot the big love scene, what guy...
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Gregory d'Alessio in College Humor, July 1937
Four cartoons by Gregory d'Alessio were published in the July 1937 issue of College Humor. Even sixteen years before Playboy cartoons came on the scene, cartoonists were creating preposterous scenarios...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #582
You'll look sweet upon the seat of the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #582 dated September 4, 2017. My entry is below. The drawing is by Drew Dernavich."Haven't we met our stretch goal?"Note: Last...
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Gregory d'Alessio in College Humor, October 1937
In the 1930s, did women read the magazine College Humor in any significant numbers? Surely some women must have, of course, but was the broad, male-oriented humor generally acceptable to women? In the...
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