"Well—This isn't just the position I had in mind, but I'll take it."
December 1936
Dorothy McKay in College Humor, December 1936 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/dorothy-mckay-in-college-humor-december.html #DorothyMcKay #CollegeHumor

Freddie Fumbles by Bob Laughlin
Ed Arno and Warren Miller, et al.,  From the Collection of Paul P. Goldberg https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/02/ed-arno-and-warren-miller-et-al-from.html #BobLaughlin #MechanixIllustrated

Blog Update:  The original art
"But, Professor, remember the thousands of children who gave their pennies to send us on this expedition."
The New Yorker, October 8, 1938
Peter Arno:  Romancing the Natives https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2023/06/peter-arno-romancing-natives.html #PeterArno #TheNewYorker #Racism

"I wouldn't take that boss of yours too serious, miss—he has a wife and two children."
College Humor, September 1936
Dorothy McKay in College Humor, September 1936 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/dorothy-mckay-in-college-humor.html #DorothyMcKay #CollegeHumor #Dictaphone

Blog Update:  Sold again!
Edward Koren:  An Autograph Drawing on a  Bookplate https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/01/edward-koren-autograph-drawing-on.html #EdwardKoren

Signed by three cartoonists
The New Yorker Album of Drawings 1975-1985 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/the-new-yorker-album-of-drawings-1975.html #EdwardKoren #LeeLorenz #DannyShanahan #TheNewYorker

Blair's Copy of The New Yorker Cartoon Album 1975-1985 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/blairs-copy-of-new-yorker-cartoon-album.html #TheNewYorker

The envelope, please. And the winning caption is . . .
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #900 attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/06/my-ent… #LizaDonnelly #Cave #Umbrella #Cavewoman #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

Revealed:  which caption I did not vote for.
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #901 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/06/my-entry-in-new-yorker-cartoon-caption_0654616333.html #ChristopherWeyant #Lab #Toaster #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

Roy Nixon
Ed Arno and Warren Miller, et al.,  From the Collection of Paul P. Goldberg https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/02/ed-arno-and-warren-miller-et-al-from.html #RoyNixon

How do you feel about the caption contest finalists?
My Entry in The New Yorker Cartoon Caption Contest #902 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/06/my-entry-in-new-yorker-cartoon-caption_0812609672.html #NiallMaher #Psychotherapy #Window #TheNewYorker #Cartoon #CaptionContest

Central Park Lake
Original cover art
The New Yorker, April 25, 1977
Charles E. Martin:  Two New Yorker Covers and a Variant https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/charles-e-martin-two-new-yorker-covers.html #CEM #CharlesEMartin #TheNewYorker #CentralParkZoo

"I assume we're all solvent here, so I'll speak freely."
Original cartoon art
The New Yorker, June 30, 1980
Charles Saxon:  Speaking Freely https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/charles-saxon-speaking-freely.html #CharlesSaxon #TheNewYorker

Ralph Steadman:  A Letter to George Newson https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/ralph-steadman-letter-to-george-newson.html #RalphSteadman #GeorgeNewson

Cover sculpture by Sam Berman
Coming Soon:  Four Issues of College Humor https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/coming-soon-four-issues-of-college-humor.html #SamBerman

Andrea Wirt's Copy of Teddy! Where Are You? by Ralph Steadman https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/andrea-wirts-copy-of-teddy-where-are.html #RalphSteadman

Clive Hirschhorn's Copy of A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/clive-hirschhorns-copy-of-funny-thing.html #StephenSondheim #LarryGelbart

A Dragon Fancier's Copy of I, Leonardo by Ralph Steadman? https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2024/07/a-dragon-fanciers-copy-of-i-leonardo-by.html #RalphSteadman #LeonardodaVinci

Frank Modell:  Don't Meet the Press https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2029/01/frank-modell-protecting-stars-from-press.html #FrankModell

Photo by Carl Schurz Park historian Jeffrey B. Evans. Nicely done!
Blog Post No. 4300:  Visiting the Site of Charles E. Martin's New Yorker Cover of April 14, 1973 https://attemptedbloggery.blogspot.com/2023/04/blog-post-no-4300-visiting-site-of.html #CEM #CharlesEMartin #TheNewYorker