Caricatures by Gene Markey is freely adapted from two of the author's previously published works, including Literary Lights, originally published in New York by Alfred A. Knopf in 1923, and Men About Town, originally published in Chicago by Covici-McGee in 1924. Both titles were published without text, save for brief captions to each caricature, captions that were provided by the author. In the present edition, a new Foreword has been added and the original captions have been retained. In the print edition, Gene Markey's caricatures are printed on every other page.