Priggee Opens Files For Artwork Sale

Milt Priggee enjoys boiling public figures in ink and stirring up debates.

Now The Spokesman-Review’s longtime editorial cartoonist is offering his work to his fans in an event Tuesday titled “Pick-A-Piece of Priggee Night and Cartoon Art Sale.” Priggee is selling off his entire collection of editorial cartoons during the daylong affair at The Met.

That’s a lot of ‘toons, since Priggee started working at the newspaper on Feb. 2, 1987. His full-time position ended in December, when he went on a free-lance contract.

One of his most popular drawings featured caricatures of Newt Gingrich and Rush Limbaugh over the caption “Dumb and Dumber.”

“People seemed to enjoy that one,” Priggee said. “That I did receive several requests for.”

The goofy Jim Carrey movie by that name was in theaters at the time.

“It was a very easy cartoon to understand,” Priggee said.

Some creative readers mailed in their reaction. “I got several samples of caricatures of me next to them with the caption, `Priggee Dumbest.”’ Tuesday’s event begins at noon.

Admission is $1, good all day. Tickets allow readmittance and entry into prize drawings.

Priggee will be in attendance and will autograph purchases.

Cartoons have been cataloged by subject matter for easy viewing. Prices are $50 for original cartoons, $40 for “Us and Them” daily comic strips and $30 for caricatures. Autographed copies of cartoons will sell for $5.

One of the door prizes will be a copy of Priggee’s book, “Some Priggee Good Stuff,” signed in 1992 by Priggee, then-Washington Gov. Booth Gardner and then-Speaker of the House Tom Foley.

From 7 to 8 p.m., Priggee will talk about the trials and tribulations of producing daily graphic commentary.

You can get a sneak peek at the cartoons on Priggee’s Web site - www.priggee.com - and you can secure your favorite original (if it is available) by e-mailing Priggee through his site.

Doors close at 10 p.m.