Thanks to friend of a friend, I received this amazing image of a Frank Verbeck illustration of bears making a snowman courtesy of Fred Taraba of Taraba Illustration Art, LLC. I am grateful to Fred for sending this piece (sold years ago by The Illustration House). Fred's collection of fine illustrations include all the artists who persuaded me when I was a kid into the field of illustration...Bob Peak, Bernie Fuchs, etc...and Taraba Illustration sells their originals to the public. Frank Verbeck (1858-1933) was known for themes with bears. Below is my two cents (a cartoon I pitched to The New Yorker) and maybe the start of my own bear period. 
2 comments:
The Bear with hats drawing is good but either each hat should be funny in some way or the last hat should be the punch line.
I have read Interviews with Robert Mankoff and to Paraphrase "He is prone to accept cartoons that have comedy but pain as well. Or something that is truthful but people would never say it. The cartoon is a safe place to laugh and recognize those things"
Good luck
john, you're right and thanks for checking in. This was an earlier silly effort which is posted here because it has no value nor chance to getting published. Thankfully I've improved! Are you a cartoonist?
Bob
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