Charles Bukowski - American author

Yep, that's right. 45 cartoons submitted to The New Yorker or Esquire lost in the mail or in someone's files.

I did check all the New Yorker covers from the 1955-1960 period and I've attached here the only one with lots of canoes. Alas, there are no serenading males that I can see ;) Maybe this is not the cover he's talking about. If you want to give it a try, go here:

http://www.coverbrowser.com/covers/new-yorker/32

Or here:
http://www.cartoonbank.com/

and type "canoe" or "lake" or whatever you might think useful in the search toolbox.