Attempted Bloggery On A Recently Auctioned Arno From Attempted Bloggery, January 20, 2026, “Peter Arno: A Bit Of Wisdom For Poffinger” Stephen Nadler, the fellow behind the Attempted Bloggery curtain, and keen observer of NewYorkery art things auctioned, takes a look at a recent sale of a Peter Arno drawing that appeared in the magazine April 15, 1939.
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Ornaments (And A Figurine) Of Interest It’s almost time to take down the Christmas tree, but no matter: Mike Rhode over at Comics DC recently emailed me about Charles Addams Addams Family ornaments: I wondered what else was available and found this: And then I found more and more — too many to show. I’d no idea! During the
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40 Years Ago In The New Yorker 40 years doesn’t seem all that long ago, but as it concerns The New Yorker‘s cartoonists, it was an entirely different world then. Only two of the sixteen cartoonists in the issue of June 3, 1985 are still with us: Arnie Levin, who did the fab cover, and Mick Stevens. I can’t show
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