Bob Eckstein
- Location
- New York City, New York,
- Birthday
- February 27
- Title
- Publisher of Today's Snowman.com
- Bio
- Snowman expert, author of The History of the Snowman and cartoonist for the New Yorker, Reader's Digest, Wall Street Journal and others.
Twitter; snowmanexpert
MY RECENT POSTS
- For the Old Gang
May 07, 2012 02:09PM - Happy April Fool's Day
March 31, 2012 02:27PM - My Visit Back to Open Salon
Land
May 31, 2011 08:08PM - Happy Holidays from Big Bob's
Tattoo Studio
December 08, 2010 01:04PM - Open Saloners in My Basement
November 06, 2010 03:21PM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks all for the
encouragement. I'll try to be
more present
here at Open and
re…”
May 07, 2012 04:31PM - “Very cool.”
April 28, 2012 07:09AM - “Thanks, Larry. I'm
funnier when I got paid
(should be
appearing n NYer
very soon)…”
April 01, 2012 12:00AM - “It's funny because it's
a gnome and gnomes have been
all over
on TV. I should
exp…”
March 31, 2012 09:08PM - “Congratulations!!!!”
March 31, 2012 04:13PM
Bob Eckstein's Links

There’s a lot of angst lately. Some of it sarcastic, some of it real, and some of it embarrassing. The Dubya Vent Station has been set-up to redirect some of the negativity in the air and allow one to let off some steam in the right direction, the source. Feel free…

Is this cartoon about our economy? Iceland's? Global warming?...take your pick.

"Here in Delaware, we literally share a broad maritime border with Spain. So, when Zapatero rears his head, I'll be ready with this magic wand to turn him back! I'm wearing women's underwear! Hello? Is this on?"
That's the winning caption. Congratulations, Yablonowitz
(Greg Martin)
(and he wi… Read full post »


I have a real problem with their new TV commercial that has been flooding our airwaves. (If you have an irrelevance filter now would be the time to turn it off.) It’s the one where a man switches lamps and makes the smart-ass remark, “The ‘70s called, they want… Read full post »

FLUSHING MEADOWS, N.Y. – There were two hot tickets this month – maybe the only one who attended both the Democratic Convention AND US Open is the band Earth, Wind & Fire, the opening entertainment for both.
For the past 30 years I have watched the Open… Read full post »

No, nothing to do with Open Salon but if it wasn’t
Verizon’s catch-phrase it could be a perfect slogan for
OS, don’t you think?
I did this cartoon for a client of mine, The Automobile Association
of America’s Home & Away magazine on the safety
(of SUVs and cell… Read full post »

One bludder now at the podium can determine history, just one off-the-cuff comment construed as vaguely racist...one off-the-record remark revealing one's personality...one hestitation on the age-old age question. Who will slip first? Let the games begin.

Cartoon by Felipe Galindo reprinted from Reader's Digest
Felipe Galindo is a freelancer “extraordinario.” An award-winning cartoonist whose humor is enjoyed worldwide including in La Jornada (Mexico), The International Herald Tribune (Paris), F1-Red Bulletin (Austria), Hauser (G… Read full post »
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