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Thanks, Jim. And just so I can really confuse people, I'll be at the 69th Regiment Armory at 68 Lexington Avenue on April 5 and 6, participating in MoCCA Fest NYC!
Bannerman nominated for Best Newspaper Comic Strip Award
Screengrab from the National Cartoonist Society website. Cool! Isabella was nominated for an award by the National Cartoonist Society. She's in great company—Terri Libenson and Mark Tatulli. The winner will be announced over Memorial Day at the 68th annual NCS Reuben Awards in San Diego. Way...
And the results were delicious!
Buffalo Forge Grill Gets Sparks Flying
My nephew Sam and brother Chris use a chimney to get the coals hot enough to cook with in five minutes or so. This technique was invented by my Swedish cousin Mikael. What did we cook? Sahlen's hot dogs. Buffalo's, and thus America's, best.
See a version of this image during the celebration of Dia del los Muertos in Yonkers Oct. 26- Nov. 2 http://www.hrm.org/calendar/special.html
Bannerman Waitress Cartoon
To buy this cartoon, or a print of it, write Isy at isabella2@optonline.net. Give a copy to your favorite server this Halloween.
I like the way his sweater matches the house. People from Buffalo have a lot in common, but growing up in these old wooden houses is one of the strongest bonds!
51 Granger Place, Buffalo, NY
My father in front of the house he grew up in in the 1930s and 40s. Granger is a really nice street between Bird and Forest and runs into Penthurst Place (which you can see in the background of this photo from 1933 if you click on the link.) It looked like lots of people have been improving the...
This is a stunning building. I remember being scared by it as a kid because older kids told me it was a psychiatric hospital. It also reminds me of the Smithsonian Institute in Washington, DC.
H. H. Richardson & Olmsted Coming Back to Life
I shot this snap of the Richardson Olmsted Complex last week in Buffalo. Once a psychiatric hospital, it is being restored to the tune of $76 million. It will be a hotel, conference center, and architecture center. From up close, this National Historic Landmark is stunning. Fantastic news for B...
This has got to be the most overlooked form of street art ever! Have you come across any documentation of it besides your own?
Toynbee Tile on 6th Avenue and 50th Street NYC
I took this photo on 9/11/13 on the east side of the intersection. It looks like it got melted or mangled—it's been hot lately. I wish I could read all the copy. I like the thought in the lower right corner: "You must lay tile—alone (arrow) Feds. Here is an earlier post about a House of Hades ...
I bet that Dyson inventor would like a copy of that book.
Willis Carrier's Buffalo Forge Fan Engineering Book, Eighth Edition
Photo: Phil Marino Buffalo Forge expert Phil Marino sent this along with the following comment: "It stands to reason that the Buffalo product was the most aerodynamic, after all Buffalo Forge literally wrote the industry bible on Fan Engineering." The original edition, by the way, was edited b...
That tiled fireplace is nice looking. I think they had the same kind of thing in Holland?
Staying Warm in Buffalo and Berlin
The top is a panel from a piece by Isabella Bannerman called, "As a Child She Devoured Cartoon Collections." It appeared in a 2002 Trina Robbins-edited collection called She Draw Comics. Isabella is relating how she sat on the heating grate on cold Buffalo days to stay warm and cozy. I just...
Yes, I like how strict they are about their orders. I wonder if the portable aspect was in order to use them to weld on skyscrapers and things like that.
Western Chief Forge and Ordering Notice
From a Canedy-Otto catalog posted at roseantiquetools.com. I love the art direction, the pages are beautifully composed. A hundred years before Adobe InDesign, they still knew how to make a spread look great.
You can tell these were done by someone who really likes the ocean.
Two More Christa Paul Paintings
Two beautiful watercolor seascapes by the niece of Hedda and Tali Paul, twin sisters and painters in Sweden and Germany. Which do you like better?
She looks like she could use some advice, doesn't she?
At the Cosmetic Counter
More Bannerman here.
Love the hand-tinted look of the photo.
The Original Fab Four: the Buffalo Bills
The Buffalo Bills, 1950, from left to right: Vern Reed, tenor; Al Shea, lead; Dick Grapes, baritone; Bill Spangenburg, bass. The Original Fab Four
It says don't take any wooden nickels. It doesn't say anything about not posting any wooden nickels....
Joe Nickell's Wooden Nickel
Given to me from Joe by my sister Lisa, who works at the Center for Inquiry. Joe is a paranormal investigator (and author, poet and historical document consultant) in Buffalo and one of the most interesting people I've ever talked to. Below is an interview with Joe about Lily Dale Assembly,...
Wow, compared to industrial fishing, this really is charming. It would be great to find out if this tradition is still alive in Sweden.
"The Charm of Sweden" from 1956
Click to enlarge. Really neat little tourist book with illustrations by Charles Behrens. I love this story about fisherman in Stockholm. Do any of my Swedish friends know if this trade still exists?
I believe it is called a toque, not a hat.
Buffalo Forge Grill Ad Photo
A photo scanned and sent to me by Phil Marino, who works for Howden, the company that bought Buffalo Forge. Looks like late '50s/early '60s to me. I have never seen the rotisserie attachment before. I want one. And I want the hat, too.
Mamie looks like a character not to be trifled with. She and John look very pleased with you, though.
John and Mamie
I love this shot of Mamie Moran, my grandfather Paul Nolan's sister. Here she is with my Uncle John at my christening. What style! Click here to see a photo of Mamie as a young woman. She was beautiful then, and beautiful in this picture.
Why shouldn't she be optimistic? The guy is smiling is every panel.
Reading Men's Body Language Cartoon
Cartoon by Isabella Bannerman. For reprints, see King Features. He wants to watch ESPN with you.
It always cracks me up when you see a tiny little enameled sign on a fence that says "cave canem". Most people won't notice the sign, and then, if the dog was really fierce - you wouldn't need the sign, right?
Dog Cartoon
Cartoon by Isabella Bannerman. For reprints, see King Features. Growing up, we used to let our dog Oscar run wherever he wanted. Everybody did. A French Poodle in Buffalo
Hard to say whether "visions" kids get when they are sick in bed with a fever are actually caused by the fever, or the boredom.
Franca and Zoie Cartoon
Cartoon by Isabella Bannerman Annabella and Caroline appear in Isy's new strip idea, "Franca and Zoie."
Quite a milestone! Congratulations!
Forged in Buffalo Hits 50,000 Pageviews
Thanks to Isabella's cartoons, Ken Meyer's audio engineering, and you for reading. To see more content, see the Categories section on the right column. If you'd like, you can subscribe for email notifications over to the left. It's easy to unsubscribe, too.
Thanks, Jim! I will also be registering the book for sale with Lulu.com, so that people can order it directly from them, if they like.
New Bannerman Book: Cartoons for Caregivers
The perfect gift for Mother's Day, May 12. Over 80 hilarious Bannerman cartoons about the hazards of parenting. To order, use PayPal to send $14.95 to Isabella2@optonline.net. Shipping included. Write address in the "note" section and whether you'd like it signed.
You don't even really hear the phrase "Permissive parenting" very much, but I guess it works for this cartoons.
Permissive Parenting Cartoon
Cartoon by Isabella Bannerman. For reprints, contact King Features. And then it's time to do the kids' homework for them. Send this cartoon to a permissive parent you know using one of the buttons below.
It's a great question to ask: What has reading done for you? The answer reveals as much about the reader as it does about the books they read. I do remember my mom being discouraged from reading fiction, but especially forbidden from reading the existentialists - because they were atheists. She used to hide, and read them in the bathroom of the convent she went to.
Book Clubs in the Gilded Age and Age of Oprah: An Interview with Barbara Sicherman
Cartoon by: Isabella Bannerman Buffalo ex-pat and scholar Barbara Sicherman reveals that books clubs were perhaps even more popular among women in the Gilded Age. Reading in the Gilded Age and Age of Oprah (5:05)
Scrapbooking is a way to protect memories, isn't it?
Scrapbooking, 1929
My grandmother, Isabel Curry Nolan, lost her father to lightning, her brother to a sniper, and kept the rest of her life safely tucked away in scrapbooks.
Yes, the comfort in the sound of a snowplow is that someone ELSE is shoveling.
Favorite Sounds Audio Essay
I love the sound of snowplows, typewriters, push mowers, and the Canadian National Anthem at Buffalo Sabres games. Thanks Ken Meyer for the great job editing. If you like these audio essays and cartoons, you can subscribe to the blog by email under my photo so you don't miss any. It's easy. Ea...
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