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Otto Soglow: The Little King of Hearts
In what must be one of Otto Soglow's most charming drawings ever,Ā the Little King waves us his royal wave as he sits cross-legged atop two hearts pierced by Cupid's arrow. The drawing is inscribed,...
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A New Yorker Cover Signed by Art Spiegelman
An Art Spiegelman-signed newsstand copy of The New YorkerĀ bears his provocative if unorthodox Valentine's Day cover of 1993. The magazine was sold for an undisclosed Best Offer price on eBay last...
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Garrett Price's Blind Date
A pair of showgirls consider an unconventional double date prospect in an original New Yorker cartoon by Garrett Price published in April of 1939. As we "read" the drawing from left to right, and from...
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Richard Decker in Echo Valley
Richard DeckerĀ set a 1930s Life magazine cartoon in the Swiss Alps if we are to trust the landscape and the feathered hat. Yet a sign in English reading Echo Valley seems to be playing fast and loose...
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Peynet Sketch of The Lovers
Raymond Peynet'sĀ cartoons of the lovers have achieved worldwide fame. A charming blue ballpoint pen sketch of the lovers done on the back of a postcard and inscribed to GĆ©rard Lema has been available...
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Aliki's A Play's the Thing Signed with a Drawing
Let's put on a show! A copy of A Play's the Thing is signed by author and illustrator Aliki with a delightful drawing of a dog with a valentine.AlikiAbeBooks Listing Retrieved January 7,...
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A James Thurber Toe-Tapper
It is not really unusual for New Yorker spot drawings to remain fresh for decades. This music-loving couple by James Thurber is surely a timeless one.James ThurberSpot drawingThe New Yorker,Ā November...
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Richard Decker Advertising Art for Rheingold
New Yorker cartoonist Richard DeckerĀ created two ink and wash drawings for Young & Rubicam's Rheingold beer account. The first is set in a grocery store and is titled Dealer & Girl while the...
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E. Simms Campbell: The Flaming Gourmet
What strikes me about E. Simms Campbell's cartoon for the July 1961 Playboy is how it tries to be sexy even though the gag doesn't require it. The redheaded woman in the low-cut gown is statuesque and...
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E. Simms Campbell: Life Net Leering
Even pin-up girls need to be rescued. An original Playboy cartoon from 1962 by E. Simms Campbell shows a firefighter taking advantage of what ordinarily would be considered a life-threatening situation...
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E. Simms Campbell: Surprise!
Lucky for us, it seems as if every time a young woman pops out of a cake, there's a cartoonist on hand to record the proceedings. E. Simms Campbell's cartoon from the April 1961 issue ofĀ Playboy pokes...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #604
Here is my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #604 for February 12, 2018. The cave drawing is by Mick Stevens."Now give me a funny caption."In the lingo of Walt Kelly, these were...
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E. Simms Campbell: What's Good Enough for Dear Old Charlie
Why have a caption if the speaker is otherwise engaged and can't possibly say it?Ā E. Simms Campbell's cartoon from the October 1961 issue of Playboy contains a lengthy block of caption that is...
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E. Simm's Campbell: No Credit at the Harem
Cartoonist E. Simms Campbell created his famous "Harem Girls" for the first issue of EsquireĀ in 1933 and over the years they remained very popular with readers. Later he brought the concept over to...
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E. Simms Campbell: Just Married
A groom on his wedding night discovers a bit more about his wife's past than he wishes to know in what is very likely a syndicated newspaper panel cartoon from the very first year of E. Simms...
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E. Simms Campbell and Abner Dean in Esquire, January 1936
The Dionne quintuplets were born on May 28, 1934 in Canada. Their birth and development became an ongoing news story. E. Simms Campbell's color cartoon for Esquire's January 1936 issue is a rare...
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E. Simms Campbell: A Night-Club Map of Harlem
Manhattan Magazine's first issue of January 18, 1933 is a real rarity, and its centerfold is a gorgeous map of Prohibition Era Harlem created by African-American illustrator E. Simms Campbell. The map...
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E. Simms Campbell's Map of the 1939 New York World's Fair
Illustrator E. Simms Campbell's humorous map of the 1939 New York World's Fair is painted in watercolor, whereas his more famousĀ A Night-Club Map of Harlem from 1932 was done in ink and wash. The...
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My Entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #605
Take a good look at my entry in the New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #605 for February 26, 2018. The drawing is by Robert Leighton."Are you conceptual art or are we?"These captions did not imitate...
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My Entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for January/February 2018
Need some good reading material? Why not curl up with my entries in the Moment Cartoon Caption Contest for January/February 2018. The climate-controlled drawing is by Benjamin Schwartz."At least...
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