There are actually two arthounds and Thurber has been sulking since he found out Dylan made the first post of artHound. Again.

Okay, not really – Thurber only pouts if he’s missing out on something a bit more tangible, like food or a walk or a ride in the car. Most of the time he’s as exuberant as the hounds created by his namesake, James Thurber. Born in Columbus, Ohio, in 1894, James Thurber, a prolific writer and illustrator, created stories and line drawings that could be found in the pages of the New Yorker and within the many books he wrote and illustrated.

Thurber’s work was adapted for other media, too. A Thurber Carnival opened at the ANTA Theatre in New York in 1960. This original cast recording came from Square Records, a local record shop. (Square Records’ specialty is new music from independent artists and labels, but their vinyl inventory covers a wide range of genres.) The album opens to a foldout of Thurber’s quirky drawings, including The Last Flower, A Parable in Pictures, a cautionary tale from his 1939 book, Alarms and Diversions.