New Yorker cartoonist Harry Bliss is well-known for his clever, artful sketches. This piece is no exception. Cartoon depicts the floor of the NYSE - perhaps in October 2008? The grim reaper is hosting the evening news live from Wall Street.

Caption reads: "...And that's the story from the floor of the stock exchange - back to you, Tom."

Print is signed by the artist. Frame measures 16" x 20".

About the artist:

Harry Bliss is a cartoonist and cover artist for the New Yorker magazine. Growing up in upstate New York amidst a family of successful painters and illustrators, Bliss went on to study painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, illustration at the University of The Arts (BFA) and Syracuse University (MA).

Prior to his cartoons and covers for the New Yorker magazine, Bliss illustrated dozens of book covers for writers such as Lawrence Block, Dorothy Uhnak, Bob Dole, and Fiona Buckley. Bliss's first children's book, A Fine, Fine School by Newbery-award winning author Sharon Creech was a New York Times Bestseller. Bliss went on to illustrate Which Would Rather Be? by William Steig, Countdown to Kindergarten by Alison McGhee (a winner of the Minnesota Book Award), Diary of a Worm and Diary of a Spider (both #1 New York Times Bestsellers) as well as Don't Forget to Come Back by Robbie H. Harris.

Harry has also signed on with Tribune Media Services, one of the top six syndication services, to create a one-panel strip featuring his well-known gags titled Bliss.

Harry Bliss lives in South Burlington, VT.