Dick Buchanan's Gag Cartoon Heritage Consignment

 

More great gag cartoon originals are up for auction from Dick Buchanan's vast collection. Go and look. Wow. There are some real terrific ones here by Barney Tobey, Gahan Wilson, and Virgil "VIP" Partch.

Lora Lamm Graphics

 

Lora Lamm (1928 - 2025) was a Swiss graphic designer best known for her mid-century advertising work. "Her distinctive style, characterized by clean lines, bold use of colour, and playful experimentation, made her prominent in graphic design during the 1950s and 1960s." -- Wikipedia. She passed away this past March at the age of 97. 

Her work is striking, combining typography and illustration with a real sense of graphic punch and fun. I just stumbled upon her work by accident and wanted to share these. 

Plymptoons Original Art Sale at the Plymptoons NYC Studio Decmeber 12, 13, 14 2025

From Bill Plympton's Instagram:

 

STUDIO ART SALE 🎉🎉🎉

This weekend Dec. 12 - 14 we will be selling all of our artwork in the studio for HALF PRICE!

This sale is only available to in-person shoppers who come to our studio in NYC located at:
151 W 30th St
Suite 405
10001

Fri - 12PM - 6PM
Sat - 12PM - 5PM
Sun - 12PM - 5PM

Get yourself or a loved one a cool and one-of-a-kind gift this holiday season! All visitors will get a free sketch from Bill!

See you there!

 

 

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Hermes Press: 25% Off Sy Barry's Phantom Books This Week

 

Hermes Press announces a "Sy" lent night sale with 25% off of Sy Barry's Phantom books:

Celebrate our Sy lent Night sale with amazing discounts! All of Sy Barry's Phantom Dailies are now on sale. Use code SYLENT25 at checkout to enjoy a 25% discount on titles listed below.

The following titles are on sale from Monday December 8th through Friday December 12th at 11:59 PM. 

• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 17
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 18
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 19
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 20
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 21
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 22
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 24
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 25
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 26
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 27
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 28
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 29
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 30
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 31
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 32
• Phantom Dailies: Vol. 33
• Phantom Sundays: Vol. 7
• Phantom Sundays Vol. 9

Mike Lynch Fat Cartoon

 

You can't do fat jokes. They're demeaning. Except, in this case, when it's a hippo-on-hippo fat shaming incident. So ... it's OK for animals to be nasty. At least it was OK enough for Reader's Digest to decide to purchase and run in its magazine, and then reprint it in a book collection. Yeah. Those are some catty hippos. I remember drawing this and finding it a challenge drawing a decent hippo. You just have to get those little ears and the snout right. You'll notice I added one of those birds that sometimes hang out with hippos on that mean one who has the gag line. Heaven knows what he thinks of all this.

Mike Lynch Religion Cartoon

 

The "door to door agnostics" cartoon was one that I liked. And that means that I thought it was funny and made an interesting point, you know? That did not mean it would sell. I had submitted to a number of markets with no success. When I submitted it to Prospect Magazine, the snagged it and ran it. Maybe it's the fact that they were rather fearless when it came to politics, religion and ideas was a factor in getting the OK. I don't know. But it made me happy, and reminded me once again that this is all about persistence.

Bob Mankoff on AI