Playboy
#v17#1
(January 1970)
Playboy,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 17
- Price
- 1.50 USD
- Pages
- 308
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Issue Notes
Headshot photos of Harvey Kurtzman and Alberto Vargas in "Playbill" on page 4.
The individual issues of this series are each less than 50% comics. Only comics sequences are indexed and cover scans are accepted only if the issue has 10% indexed comics content.
We can place you anywhere. Except maybe the centerfold.
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Lou Myers [as L.] (signed)
- Pencils
- Lou Myers [as L.] (signed)
- Inks
- Lou Myers [as L.] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A man in a business suit is lying down in a pinup pose.
- Keywords
- centerfold
Indexer Notes
Page 53. A cartoon for an ad for Snelling & Snelling Employment Service.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- ? [as W. Miller] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as W. Miller] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as W. Miller] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's a pity your husband doesn't have a Minolta SR-T 101. He could have taken that shot and been back in the tree by now.
- Genre
- humor; jungle
- Synopsis
- A safari guide talks to a woman in a tree house, while they watch her husband flee from a lion and elephant after taking their photos.
- Keywords
- camera; elephants; jungle; lion
Indexer Notes
Page 65. A cartoon for an ad for Minolta cameras.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Colors
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My God, this has been an erotic year.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa exits a chimney with his sack, but minus his pants.
- Keywords
- chimney; Christmas; reindeer; sleigh
Indexer Notes
Page 97.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Pencils
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Inks
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Colors
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Then one cold winter's night I said to myself, 'What the hell am I doing up here at the North Pole with a bunch of dumb-looking elves?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Instead of elves, Santa's helpers are all attractive young women.
- Keywords
- Christmas; elves; North Pole
Indexer Notes
Page 115.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Colors
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, I, for one, like to think that Christmas still has SOME redeeming social importance.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man at a swinging Christmas party isn't completely captivated by the hedonism.
- Keywords
- Christmas; cigarettes; mod fashions; party; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 131.
The Good, the Bad and the Garlic
photo story / 7 pages
- Script
- Sol Weinstein (screenplay); Dick Mathews (screenplay); Harvey Kurtzman (director)
- Pencils
- Mario Casilli (photographs)
- Inks
- Mario Casilli (photographs)
- Colors
- Mario Casilli (photographs)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- satire-parody; western-frontier
- Characters
- The Stranger in the Poncho (as played by Tony Randall) (photos)
- Synopsis
- A nameless stranger in a poncho comes to clean up Pepperoni, New Mexico, in a parody of spaghetti westerns.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- brothel; Indian; Leaning Tower of Pisa; Mafia; mayonaise; pistol; pizza; poncho; saloon; sheriff; spaghetti western
Indexer Notes
Pages 133-139. Credits read: "Directed by Harvey Kurtzman • Photographed by Mario Casilli • Screenplay by Sol Weinstein and Dick Mathews." A parody of Italian westerns, especially those starring Clint Eastwood as "The Man with No Name."
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
- Pencils
- Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
- Inks
- Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
- Colors
- Erich Sokol [as Sokol] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing like chestnuts roasting on an open fire, eh, Miss Blythedale
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A wealthy man and his buxom young female companion bask nude in front of the fireplace.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; double-entendre; fireplace
Indexer Notes
Page 153.
Points of Rebellion
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Bill Mauldin [as Mauldin] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Mauldin [as Mauldin] (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Mauldin [as Mauldin] (signed)
- Colors
- Bill Mauldin [as Mauldin] (signed)
- Genre
- advocacy
- Synopsis
- A stork carries a newborn, who surveys an over-crowded, polluted cityscape dominated by military missiles, crime, racism, poverty, and poor schools.
- Keywords
- crime; editorial cartoon; missiles; pollution; stork; unions; welfare
Indexer Notes
Page 163. Editorial cartoon used as heading for article "Points of Rebellion" by Justice William O. Douglas. Cartoon is both signed by Mauldin and also listed as "Illustration for Playboy by Bill Mauldin."
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Pencils
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Inks
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Colors
- John Dempsey (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Happy New Year, Herbie, dear—wherever you are.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman at a swingers' party wishes her partner a Happy New Year, wherever in the crowd he is.
- Keywords
- liquor; New Year's Eve; party; swingers
Indexer Notes
Page 168.
Vargas Revisited
cartoon / 6 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Inks
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Colors
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Playboy (HMH Publishing Co., Inc., 1953 series) 1960-XX-XX - 1969-XX-XX [From various issues, 1960 to 1969]
- Keywords
- pin-ups
Indexer Notes
Pages 195-199. Ten reprints of Vargas pin-up cartoons from the 1960s, two to a page. No dates, just vague "spans the last decade" note.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Pencils
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Inks
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Colors
- Buck Brown (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Oh, I get it—this is gonna be the year of the big cop-out!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The "Dirty Old Lady" strips at a New Year's Eve party, emptying the room.
- Keywords
- champagne; New Year's Eve; party
Indexer Notes
Page 208. Part of the "Dirty Old Lady" series.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
- Pencils
- Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
- Inks
- Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
- Colors
- Francis Wilford-Smith [as Smilby] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey—what about foreplay?
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- Roman soldiers are pillaging a city and carrying off the women, one of whom complains.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- pillage; rape; Rome
Indexer Notes
Page 227.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Pencils
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Inks
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- By and large gentlemen, I'm sure we all deplore this so-called Mafia, but by God, we've got to admit that this is a damned attractive tender offer ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The board of directors of General Motors considers a buy-out offer from organized crime.
- Keywords
- executives; General Motors; Mafia; organized crime
Indexer Notes
Page 230.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What rhymes with fellatio?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boy's parents are shocked at his request for a rhyme.
- Keywords
- poem; rhyme
Indexer Notes
Page 231.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Inks
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Colors
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I told you we wouldn't need a tree.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A wealthy older man decorates his attractive young female companion in a fur coat and jewelry in an imitation of a Christmas tree.
- Keywords
- Christmas; furs; jewelry; presents
Indexer Notes
Page 232.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
- Pencils
- Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
- Inks
- Dana Fradon [as D. Fradon] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Harry, EVERYBODY who passes us by isn't a Communist!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A flag salesman in a department store thinks everyone who passes by and doesn't buy a flag is not patriotic.
- Keywords
- department store; flags
Indexer Notes
Page 235.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Pencils
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Inks
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ordinarily, Cranston doesn't attend P. T. A. meetings, but tonight they're discussing sex education.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The topic at a Parent-Teacher Association meeting draws interest.
- Keywords
- P. T. A.; sex education
Indexer Notes
Page 238.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's conclusive, Dr. Veidt, I've run sixty-five tests and there's no doubt about it—'blondes have more fun.'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two sex researchers compare notes.
- Keywords
- commercial; sex research
Indexer Notes
Page 239. The punch line is based on the Clairol Hair Color TV commercials with the tag line "Is it true blondes have more fun?"
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I THOUGHT he seemed depressed!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two mountain climbers, roped together, find the third member of their party has used the safety rope to hang himself.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- hanging; mountain climbing; rope; suicide
Indexer Notes
Page 241. Unusual placement in vertical format at the bottom of the middle column.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Vahan Shirvanian [as Shirvanian] (signed)
- Pencils
- Vahan Shirvanian [as Shirvanian] (signed)
- Inks
- Vahan Shirvanian [as Shirvanian] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How much foam did you use?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman uses too much contraceptive foam.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- birth control
Indexer Notes
Page 243.
[Producer's Office Is Rated 'R']
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Pencils
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Inks
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A starlet is startled when the door to a movie producer's office bears the sign "R—Restricted: Underage Starlets enter at own risk."
- Keywords
- casting couch; movies; ratings
Indexer Notes
Page 244. A pantomime cartoon. Punch line is a parody of the "R—Restricted" rating given movies by the MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America).
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So this is love.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A masochist lies on a bed while a woman with spurred boots and whips abuses him.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- boots; cat-o-nine tails; masochist; spurs; whip
Indexer Notes
Page 245.
[Mr. Hyde's Necktie]
comic story / 0.25 page
- Script
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Pencils
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A mild-mannered modern-day chemist takes a potion that turns him into Mr. Hyde and also turns his necktie from a drab one into one with the image of a nude woman on it.
- Keywords
- necktie; potion; transformation
Indexer Notes
Page 247. Three pantomime panels across the top of the page. Parody of "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde."
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
- Colors
- Rowland B. Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, it looks suspicious as hell to me!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Guards at a maximum-security prison throw a spotlight on three escaping prisoners, who immediately break into an old soft-shoe dance routine.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dancing; escape; prison; spotlight
Indexer Notes
Page 249.
Eskimo Chastity Belt
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Pencils
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Inks
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An Eskimo buys a chastity belt to cover his wife's nose.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- chasity belt; Eskimo; furs; nose
Indexer Notes
Page 251. A pantomime cartoon. Punchline is based on the misconception that Eskimos rub noses instead of kiss.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
- Pencils
- Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
- Inks
- Dennis Renault [as Renault] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Which channel are we watching? Man, we're watching ALL the channels!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A television rating service calls a counterculture house where all the inhabitants are stoned.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- counterculture; drugs; telephone; TV ratings
Indexer Notes
Page 252.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gloria and I march to the beat of different drummers ... except in the sack, of course.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a party, a middle-aged man talks about his very young female companion.
- Keywords
- party; slang
Indexer Notes
Page 253.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
- Pencils
- Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
- Inks
- Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
- Colors
- Richard Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My New Year's resolution is to stop cheating on my husband, so if you plan on anything you'd better hurry up.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman at a New Year's Eve party encourages a man to make a move before midnight.
- Keywords
- adultery; New Year's Eve; New Year's resolution
Indexer Notes
Page 255.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Pencils
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Colors
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Why, Mr. Bernstein, you didn't remember to kiss me.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman chides her bed-partner for ignoring the mistletoe over the bed.
- Keywords
- kissing; mistletoe
Indexer Notes
Page 258.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Inks
- Bill Hoest [as Hoest] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Can I help it if I'm crazy about venison?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus; Mrs. Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa's sleigh is pulled by a menagerie of animals, ranging from pigs to foxes to kangaroos, apparently because he's eaten the reindeer.
- Keywords
- bear; Christmas; fox; kangaroo; North Pole; pig; sleigh
Indexer Notes
Page 261.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, Mischa, I'll set the policy here! You play at ALL tables.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- In an upscale restaurant, a strolling violinist does not want to play at a table with two gay men holding hands.
- Keywords
- homosexual; restaurant; violinist
Indexer Notes
Page 263.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Pencils
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Inks
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Colors
- Gahan Wilson (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm sorry, Senator, it's more of those crackpot conservationists.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A aide tells a senator an environmental group is here to see him. Both the aide and the senator are wearing gas masks in a room full of fumes.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- air pollution; gas mask; senator; Washington D.C.; Washington Monument
Indexer Notes
Page 265.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Pencils
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Inks
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Loosen up, Jack—I ain't asking for an organ transplant.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A panhandler resorts to sarcasm while he's begging.
- Keywords
- beggar; sarcasm
Indexer Notes
Page 266.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
- Pencils
- Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
- Inks
- Malcolm Hancock [as Mal] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I suppose you'd rather not be seen talking to a seven-foot goose.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is talking to a seven-foot goose.
- Keywords
- goose
Indexer Notes
Page 267.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Colors
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- At least that's one gift I won't have to worry about returning.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A couple celebrate Christmas in bed.
- Keywords
- champagne; Christmas; Christmas cards; Christmas tree; cigarettes; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 269.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Pencils
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Inks
- Sidney Harris [as S. Harris] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If only he could think in abstract terms ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A professor can only perform complex equations by substituting "apples" and "pears" for "x" and "y."
- Keywords
- blackboard; calculus; mathematics; professor
Indexer Notes
Page 271.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
- Pencils
- Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
- Inks
- Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
- Colors
- Doug Sneyd [as Sneyd] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But in the bar you said you wouldn't mind making five big ones.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A call girl is surprised when she finds four more men at her pick-up's apartment.
- Keywords
- double-entendre; poker; prostitution
Indexer Notes
Page 272.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He's fifteen years old and very horny.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A teen girl seeks advice from a gift counselor.
- Keywords
- gift
Indexer Notes
Page 275.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
- Pencils
- Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
- Inks
- Virgil Partch [as VIP] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- And they say chivalry is dead.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man takes off all his clothes to provide a path for a woman to walk across a wide puddle.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- chivalry
Indexer Notes
Page 276.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- So? Crept into any good tents lately?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two Middle East desert tribesmen have a discussion under a palm tree.
- Keywords
- camels; desert; Middle East; palm tree
Indexer Notes
Page 277.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- She's on her way here for a second opinion, is she? What's the matter with her?
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Synopsis
- A doctor gives another doctor advance warning when he sends a patient for a second opinion.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- doctor; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 278.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Pencils
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Inks
- Michael Ffolkes [as ffolkes] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Have you ever thought of making it the six or even twelve musketeers?
- Genre
- humor; historical; satire-parody
- Characters
- Three Musketeers
- Synopsis
- A woman isn't satisfied after a session in bed with the Three Musketeers.
- Keywords
- musketeers; poster bed
Indexer Notes
Page 279.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Cliff Roberts (signed)
- Pencils
- Cliff Roberts (signed)
- Inks
- Cliff Roberts (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's been taken care of ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man sitting on a park bench pays an ice cream vendor to give an ice cream bar to a woman on a neighboring bench.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bench; ice cream; park
Indexer Notes
Page 280.
Demonstration Against Santa
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A group of children waving protest signs kidnap a department store Santa and carry him out in the street.
- Keywords
- Christmas; demonstration; department store; protest signs; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Page 281. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Once you've programmed one of these little fellows, you know it will always share your basic assumptions. That's more than you can say for children.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A computer programmer is more confident in his computer than his children.
- Keywords
- computer
Indexer Notes
Page 282.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Your mother and I think he's very nice, dear, but isn't he just a little bit OLD?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young woman brings home her new boy friend, a very elderly man.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Page 284.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, boss, you know the ad we ran for a 'hard-hitting, take charge, aggressive' sales manager ... ?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A ravished secretary tells her boss they've found their "take-charge" sales manager.
- Keywords
- secretary
Indexer Notes
Page 285.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This should make an amusing footnote for my biographers!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A wife surprises her husband cuddling on a couch with another woman.
- Keywords
- adultery; apartment; cigarettes; smoking; typewriter
Indexer Notes
Page 287.
[Mirror Image]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Pencils
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Inks
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Colors
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man dressed in flashy mod clothes sits down to watch television. He finds nothing of interest, so he moves the chair in front of a full-length mirror so he can admire himself.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- mirror; television
Indexer Notes
Page 289. An eight-panel pantomime story.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Pencils
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Inks
- Alden Erikson [as A. Erikson] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's been pretty hectic—pompon girl to sorority pledge to political activist to drop out all in one semester.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A college girl's interests change quickly in her first semester.
- Keywords
- college; dropout; pipe; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 290.
[Object of Attention]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A wife tries to get her husband's attention by sitting in a chair with her feet over her head.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Page 291.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, if it's not having snow at Christmas, Mr. Jensen, just what DO you miss?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At the nudist camp, a buxom young woman sits on the side of a very old man's lounge chair.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; nudists
Indexer Notes
Page 293. Part of "Nudist Camp" series.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Donald Reilly [as D Reilly] (signed)
- Pencils
- Donald Reilly [as D Reilly] (signed)
- Inks
- Donald Reilly [as D Reilly] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now, here's a company offering excellent starting salary and benefits, and they swear they're not making a thin dime off Vietnam.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The staffer at a college placement office notes that a company looking for help does not support the war.
- Keywords
- college; job search; Vietnam
Indexer Notes
Page 295.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini [as Dedini] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If it wasn't for Christmas, I'd leave the Church.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A boy on a tricycle only stays religious because of Christmas presents.
- Keywords
- Christmas; religion; tricycle
Indexer Notes
Page 296.
[Marijuana]
Little Annie Fanny / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman
- Pencils
- Will Elder (painting)
- Inks
- Will Elder (painting)
- Colors
- Will Elder (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Solly Brass; Benton Battbarton; Annie Fanny; Lance Silverthin; Ralphie Towzer
- Synopsis
- Spoof of alcohol, tobacco, and cannabis.
- Reprints
-
in Playboy's Little Annie Fanny (Playboy Press, 1972 series) (1972) - in Playboy's Little Annie Fanny (Dark Horse, 2000 series) #1 (November 2000)
-
- Keywords
- adult; cigarettes; cigars; coughing; drunkenness; elevator; homosexual; liquor; marijuana; paddy wagon; police brutality; police raid; smoking
Indexer Notes
Pages 299-303. Credits read "by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder." Title from Kurtzman's records.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
We can place you anywhere. Except maybe the centerfold.
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2.
["It's a pity your husband doesn't have a Minolta SR-T 101. He could have taken that shot and been back in the tree by now."]
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3.
["My God, this has been an erotic year."]
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4.
["Then one cold winter's night I said to myself, 'What the hell am I doing up here at the North Pole with a bunch of dumb-looking elves?"]
-
5.
["Well, I, for one, like to think that Christmas still has SOME redeeming social importance."]
-
6.
The Good, the Bad and the Garlic
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7.
["Nothing like chestnuts roasting on an open fire, eh, Miss Blythedale"]
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8.
Points of Rebellion
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9.
["Happy New Year, Herbie, dear—wherever you are."]
-
10.
Vargas Revisited
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11.
["Oh, I get it—this is gonna be the year of the big cop-out!"]
-
12.
["Hey—what about foreplay?"]
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13.
["By and large gentlemen, I'm sure we all deplore this so-called Mafia, but by God, we've got to admit that this is a damned attractive tender offer ..."]
-
14.
["What rhymes with fellatio?"]
-
15.
["I told you we wouldn't need a tree."]
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16.
["Harry, EVERYBODY who passes us by isn't a Communist!"]
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17.
["Ordinarily, Cranston doesn't attend P. T. A. meetings, but tonight they're discussing sex education."]
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18.
["It's conclusive, Dr. Veidt, I've run sixty-five tests and there's no doubt about it—'blondes have more fun.'"]
-
19.
["I THOUGHT he seemed depressed!"]
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20.
["How much foam did you use?"]
-
21.
[Producer's Office Is Rated 'R']
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22.
["So this is love."]
-
23.
[Mr. Hyde's Necktie]
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24.
["Well, it looks suspicious as hell to me!"]
-
25.
Eskimo Chastity Belt
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26.
["Which channel are we watching? Man, we're watching ALL the channels!"]
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27.
["Gloria and I march to the beat of different drummers ... except in the sack, of course."]
-
28.
["My New Year's resolution is to stop cheating on my husband, so if you plan on anything you'd better hurry up."]
-
29.
["Why, Mr. Bernstein, you didn't remember to kiss me."]
-
30.
["Can I help it if I'm crazy about venison?"]
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31.
["Look, Mischa, I'll set the policy here! You play at ALL tables."]
-
32.
["I'm sorry, Senator, it's more of those crackpot conservationists."]
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33.
["Loosen up, Jack—I ain't asking for an organ transplant."]
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34.
["I suppose you'd rather not be seen talking to a seven-foot goose."]
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35.
["At least that's one gift I won't have to worry about returning."]
-
36.
["If only he could think in abstract terms ..."]
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37.
["But in the bar you said you wouldn't mind making five big ones."]
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38.
["He's fifteen years old and very horny."]
-
39.
["And they say chivalry is dead."]
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40.
["So? Crept into any good tents lately?"]
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41.
["She's on her way here for a second opinion, is she? What's the matter with her?"]
-
42.
["Have you ever thought of making it the six or even twelve musketeers?"]
-
43.
["It's been taken care of ..."]
-
44.
Demonstration Against Santa
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45.
["Once you've programmed one of these little fellows, you know it will always share your basic assumptions. That's more than you can say for children."]
-
46.
["Your mother and I think he's very nice, dear, but isn't he just a little bit OLD?"]
-
47.
["Hey, boss, you know the ad we ran for a 'hard-hitting, take charge, aggressive' sales manager ... ?"]
-
48.
["This should make an amusing footnote for my biographers!"]
-
49.
[Mirror Image]
-
50.
["It's been pretty hectic—pompon girl to sorority pledge to political activist to drop out all in one semester."]
-
51.
[Object of Attention]
-
52.
["Well, if it's not having snow at Christmas, Mr. Jensen, just what DO you miss?"]
-
53.
["Now, here's a company offering excellent starting salary and benefits, and they swear they're not making a thin dime off Vietnam."]
-
54.
["If it wasn't for Christmas, I'd leave the Church."]
-
55.
[Marijuana]
Little Annie Fanny
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