Although the mission of the Cartoon Library is to collect American printed cartoon art, we are fortunate enough to have many holdings of originals from overseas. Today, we stumbled upon this delightfully seasonal piece from Swiss cartoonist Johannes Borer in the collection, which appeared in Punch in 1987:

JBorer

Johannes Borer original from “Punch”. From the International Museum of Cartoon Art Collection, The Ohio State University Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum

Borer was born in Zwingen, Switzerland in 1949 and has been working as a cartoonist, illustrator, and gag writer since 1973. His work has appeared in over 100 newspapers and magazines worldwide, including Punch and Reader’s Digest.