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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #585
I'm in the mood to help you, Dude, with my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #585 for September 25, 2017. The drawing is by Drew Dernavich."Only if you wish for toast."These captions just...
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An Art Young Autograph
Cartoonist Art Young is known for his political work, particularly for the left-wing magazine the Masses and later at the New Yorker. A rare, full album page signed by him in New York and dated January...
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Gregory d'Alessio for Macy's
Twelve drawings created by cartoonist Gregory d'Alessio for a 1937 Macy's advertising campaign were sold on eBay in 2015 for $57. Each drawing illustrates a rhyming couplet which ends with "Macy's is...
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Eldon Dedini: Putting Up Antibiotic Resistance
Eldon Dedini'sNew Yorker cartoon of December 9, 1967 may have been the first cartoon in that magazine's storied history to mention antibiotic resistance, usually not an especially robust wellspring for...
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Sheet Music from Murray Anderson's Almanac
Rare sheet music from "Murray Anderson's Almanac," a 1929 Broadway revue, has found its way onto eBay. The show's creators include Noel Coward, Rube Goldberg, and Peter Arno. Imagine a time when being...
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Orson B. Lowell on the Football Field
An original oil on canvas by Orson B. Lowell served as a cover illustration for The Elks magazine in October of 1933 and might have been published earlier in Judge or Leslie's. The subject is a...
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The American Bystander #5
Right now you could be reading the brand new American Bystander #5 which sports a cover by the late Jack Ziegler.Jack Ziegler,The American Bystander #5, Summer 2017The artwork was originally conceived...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #586
Raise your feet while I come by and clean up with my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #586 for October 2, 2017. The drawing is by Mick Stevens."It's not much use without a magic...
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Charles Addams: Birds of a Feather
A New Yorker pencil rough by Charles Addams shows the care he took in preparing preliminary sketches of cartoon submissions. The final published version overall has very similar figure placement to the...
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Arnold Roth On Ice
The National Hockey League (NHL) begins its 2017-2018 season today. Some forty years ago, cartoonist Arnold Roth envisioned the sport besieged by an energy crisis limiting the availability of ice....
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Gahan Wilson's Nuts: Memories of Summer Camp
Remember when seemingly everyone had a sugar-coated impression of what childhood had been like, but only Gahan Wilson recalled it in all its anxiety-ridden horror? He created the comic strip Nuts for...
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Gaian Wilson: Meet the Author
It's time to meet the author. In this original cartoon art, Gahan Wilson brings us to a book signing with a surprisingly reclusive author. The circumstances may strike one as a bit odd, but the caption...
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Donald Reilly: Coming to America
Cartoonist Donald Reilly'sNew Yorker original from June 3, 1974 gives us a humorous look at the pilgrims and what may or may not have been their motivations for coming to America. There is nothing...
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Five by Gahan Wilson
A stash of five original cartoons by Gahan Wilson may or may not have ever seen publication. Typically, the drawings are stronger than the captions. They were sold on eBay in 2015.Gahan Wilson"This is...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #587
Line up in the headlights for my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #587 for October 9, 2017. The drawing is by Peter Kuper."It's too derivative."Note:Â Last week, cartoonist Mick Stevens...
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Gahan Wilson's Indecisive Octopus
Cartoonist Gahan Wilson's octopus gets a little tangled up...Gahan Wilson"...But then, on yet another tentacle..."Gahan WilsoneBay Listing Ended September 13,...
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Carl Rose Literary Illustrations
Some literary illustrations by Carl Rose feature Oscar Wilde tweaking Uncle Sam during his tour of the United States, a pair of temperamentally-mismatched Mark Twain bookends, and a portrait of O....
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William Von Riegen in College Humor, August 1937
A cartoon by William Von Riegen from the August 1937 issue of College Humor imagines just what can happen when signs are interpreted a little too earnestly."I'm going to be married."William Von...
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Buford Tune in College Humor, August 1937
What a cartoon Buford Tune has in the August 1937 number of College Humor! This long-forgotten gem is a technically-plausible rendering of an absolutely preposterous pun, with a scantily-clad young...
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Gregory d'Alessio in College Humor, August 1937
Gregory d'Alessio's cartoon in the August 1937 issue of College Humor has no caption. What it does have is a mobster with what passes for a romantic streak. You might say he's all fired up.Gregory...
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