Sidney Harris Cavalier cartoon -

This 8-1/2 x 11 inch original on heavy bond paper in my collection is by veteran cartoonist, Sidney Harris.  It originally appeared in the old Cavalier magazine.

  I didn't get a chance to tell him how much I loved his work when we met in New York a few years ago . . . later I wrote him a short letter and we exchanged published originals. 

 I have followed Mr. Harris' work for 50 years and I must say he is one of the greats that I have always looked up to and I have to say,indeed influenced my work.   I love his characters. His loose, professional confidence is displayed in his lines and rendering . . . 

and YOU CAN TELL  he's enjoying his work.  

 I said to myself one day when I first looked at his work, 

IF I WORK HARD AND IMPROVE AND IMPROVE AND BE PATIENT AND NEVER GIVE UP, ONE DAY I WILL BE IN THE SAME MAGAZINE WITH HIM . . . . . You gotta be careful what you BELIEVE and wish for . . . This 2014, in the current May issue of Playboy ( just out now ) , My cartoon in yesterday's post appears in the same magazine along with HIS ! To me, it is almost unbelievable !  It HAPPENED AGAIN !

Sure, you gotta pay the price . . . 

But the best part . . . . " It WORKS,

it ALWAYS WORKS . . and NEVER,

IT DOESN'T WORK !

.......................  

I might've mentioned this book before, but

a softback I bought about 4 years ago I must recommend

to anybody in the arts trying to achieve a challenging

and meaningful personal goal.  It is one of those

self-help books you can't lay down because it looks like he's talking to you . . . 

The softback book: 

SPIRIT OF APPOLLO

by Sidney Newton Bremer, Ph.D.

( 5-3/8 x 8 1/4 in., 496 pages )

Published by

Successful Achievement,

Lexington, Kentucky 40502

Copyright 1971

I purchased mine from Powell's Used Books.

The preface to the book explains it

as follows:

" A self-improvement text

scientifically prepared to help

 the student develop his maximum

potentialities and live a successful, satisfying life

of meaningful service. "

......................

"Amen.

Nuf sed.,

Do it now. "

- Peter Plum

We'll top this post off with a MILTON BERLE PEARL.

" A man walked off a train, followed by his 14 children . . . A policeman walked over and cuffed him. The man said,What did I do ?

The policeman said, ' I don't  know, but as soon

as I lock you up, I'll try to find out

why the crowd is following you ! '

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TA-DAH-H.