Playboy
#v14#3
(March 1967)
Playboy,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 14
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 194
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Hugh M. Hefner (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
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.
[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
- All I could get out of him was his name, rank, serial number, and an ingenious American invention called a 'quickie'!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An American soldier, imprisoned in an unspecified Asian country, turns the tables on his female interrogator.
- Keywords
- Asia; cigarettes; interrogation; jail; military; prisoner of war; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 69.
[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
- You're a disgrace to the uniform!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young man, dressed in "mod" fashion clothes, and his date are robbed by a man dressed in the same fashion.
- Keywords
- alley; fashion; gun; mod; robbery
Indexer Notes
Page 74.
[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
- Believe me, the State will take your cooperation into consideration, Miss Hollingsworth ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A suspect "cooperates" with a detective, who promises her leniency while he's getting dressed.
- Keywords
- detective; leniency
Indexer Notes
Page 79.
[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
- Pity your husband doesn't play cards, Mrs. Cartwright... !
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two women and a man are playing strip poker, while another man sits on a couch with a drink, oblivious to the action.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cards; cigarettes; cocktails; smoking; strip poker
in Indexer Notes
Page 91.
[Sailors' Knots]
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)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A sailor and a woman in a bikini come to shore after swimming. The woman's bikini is tied in sailors' knots.
- Keywords
- bikini; knots; sailor; surf
Indexer Notes
Page 99. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Vargas / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Inks
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Colors
- Alberto Vargas [as Vargas] (signed, painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's very simple, darling. The bloody mary's ready in case you're hung over, and I'm ready in case you're not.
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Bloody Mary; high heels
Indexer Notes
Page 122. A blonde woman with black heels, long black gloves and dark nylon stockings with a bloody mary drink beside her.
[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
- If their tails are wagging, does it mean they're cross or happy?
- Synopsis
- Two hunters have sneaked up behind two elephants and are uncertain what to do next.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- elephants; hunters
Indexer Notes
Page 125.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Edward Frascino [as Frascino] (signed)
- Pencils
- Edward Frascino [as Frascino] (signed)
- Inks
- Edward Frascino [as Frascino] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Judith tells me you write. I read.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a party, a woman struggles to make small talk with a writer.
- Keywords
- author; cocktails; party
Indexer Notes
Page 128.
Rooms
comic story / 4 pages
- Script
- Jules Feiffer (signed)
- Pencils
- Jules Feiffer (signed)
- Inks
- Jules Feiffer (signed)
- Colors
- Jules Feiffer ?
- Letters
- Jules Feiffer (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- Keywords
- apartments; pipe; smoking; telephone; television
Indexer Notes
Pages 130-133. Eight strips of eight panels across both pages. Each panel tells a story when read vertically or an interconnected story when read horizontally.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- E. Simms Campbell (signed)
- Pencils
- E. Simms Campbell (signed)
- Inks
- E. Simms Campbell (signed)
- Colors
- E. Simms Campbell (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- It's easy enough getting in to see him—it the getting out that's difficult!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two women are in the waiting room of a theatrical booking agent.
- Keywords
- casting couch; cigarettes; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 136.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
- Pencils
- John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
- Inks
- John Ruge [as Ruge] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ... And behind every man who's a FAILURE there's a woman, too!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man drinking beer and smoking cigarettes is sitting watching television and being nagged by his wife.
- Keywords
- beer; cigarettes; nagging; smoking; television
Indexer Notes
Page 138. Punchline is the reverse of the saying "Behind every successful man is a woman."
[Plane Perspective]
comic story / 0.4 page
- Script
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Pencils
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Inks
- Donald Reilly (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man stranded on a desert island sees an airplane in the distance. Unfortunately, when it crash-lands on the island it is still the same size as when he first saw it.
- Keywords
- airplane; desert island; perspective
Indexer Notes
Page 144. A four-panel pantomime story.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Suppose your fellow surgeons found out you lost your nerve at the critical moment?
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Synopsis
- A nurse chides a surgeon who's having trouble making out bills.
- Keywords
- bills; hospital; nurse; surgeon
Indexer Notes
Page 145.
[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 say, Sir Reginald, have you noticed anything peculiar about this voyage?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A couple on an ocean liner notice that there are pairs of animals everywhere on the ship.
- Keywords
- giraffes; lions; monkeys; Noah's Ark; ocean liner; pigs
Indexer Notes
Page 150.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Robert Censoni [as Censoni] (signed)
- Pencils
- Robert Censoni [as Censoni] (signed)
- Inks
- Robert Censoni [as Censoni] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- With my Harold, I'd welcome a response of ANY kind!!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two matronly ladies pass a bookstore window which displays the book "Human Sexual Response."
- Keywords
- book store
Indexer Notes
Page 152.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Judge Rollins has yet to have a decision reversed.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A judge handles sentencing by shooting the defendant in the courtroom with a handgun.
- Keywords
- courtroom; handgun; judge; shooting
Indexer Notes
Page 155.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Now—who else doesn't understand the annual report?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The chairman of a board of directors places a dunce cap on a board member who questions the annual report.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- board of directors; dunce cap
Indexer Notes
Page 157.
[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
- But, Pop, after being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent, I need the relaxation.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A father finds his Boy Scout son smoking cigarettes in his bedroom.
- Keywords
- Boy Scouts; cigarettes; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 158.
[Airport - No Vacancy]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An airliner prepares to land at an airport, but finds the runway blocked with a sign that says "Sorry, Full."
- Reprints
- Keywords
- airliner; airport
Indexer Notes
Page 159. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
- Pencils
- Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
- Inks
- Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I remember when the only thing he was against was boiled carrots!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Parents watch as their son paints protest signs in their living room.
- Keywords
- counterculture; demonstrations; protest
Indexer Notes
Page 160.
[Caveman Club-Burning]
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; historical
- Synopsis
- A caveman clubs a woman and drags her home by her hair. Later the woman builds a fire and burns the caveman's club.
- Keywords
- cavemen; club; fire
Indexer Notes
Page 166. A six-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
- Where's that girl with the coffee?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a movie studio, an errand girl tries to get attention by delivering coffee to executives in the nude.
- Keywords
- movie studios; nude
Indexer Notes
Page 169.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
- Pencils
- Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
- Inks
- Marvin Tannenberg [as Tann] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We can definitely rule out an inferiority complex ... !
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A psychiatrist is thrashed by his patient, who took offense at something he said.
- Keywords
- psychiatrist
Indexer Notes
Page 170.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'd be careful if I were you, buddy—that's the bartender's wife ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a bar, a half-drunk patron decides to make an impression by approaching a woman after taking off his clothes.
- Keywords
- bar; bartender; drunk
Indexer Notes
Page 173.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Colors
- Bud Handelsman [as Handelsman] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Please, madam—you're disturbing the tourists.
- Genre
- humor; religious
- Synopsis
- In a grand European cathedral, a security guard chastises a woman who has kneeled to pray.
- Keywords
- cathedral; prayer; tourists
Indexer Notes
Page 175.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Pencils
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Inks
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Happiness is a warm puppy ...
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A python is content after swallowing a puppy for lunch.
- Keywords
- puppy; pythons
Indexer Notes
Page 177. The punchline is taken from Charles Schulz 1962 book "Happiness Is a Warm Puppy."
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My son told me what you said about me.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The mother of a psychiatrist's patient batters the psychiatrist with her purse.
- Keywords
- psychiatrist; purse
Indexer Notes
Page 181.
[Lover's Leap: Three Cliffs No Waiting]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The sign on a side road advertises a "Lover's Leap" with no waiting.
- Keywords
- Lover's Leap
Indexer Notes
Page 182. A pantomime cartoon. Artist's signature is not clear.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 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
- What it comes down to is—if we don't put an end to all this 'death-of-God' talk, we'll soon be out looking for jobs.
- Genre
- humor; religious
- Synopsis
- Two priests discuss the current "Death of God" discussion.
- Keywords
- Catholic; God; priests; theology
Indexer Notes
Page 183. Time magazine featured "Is God Dead?' as its cover story on the April 8, 1966 issue.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 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
- What did we do with our Sundays BEFORE we hated America?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Marchers in an anti-American demonstration in (presumably) Communist China can't remember not demonstrating.
- Keywords
- anti-American; China; communism; demonstration
Indexer Notes
Page 187.
[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
- I'll bet you it isn't HIS navel he's contemplating.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man in sunglasses at the nudist camp is meditating. Men in chairs nearby suspect he's only focusing on the women in front of him.
- Keywords
- meditation; nudists; sunglasses
Indexer Notes
Page 189. Part of the "Nudist Camp" series.
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["All I could get out of him was his name, rank, serial number, and an ingenious American invention called a 'quickie'!"]
-
2.
["You're a disgrace to the uniform!"]
-
3.
["Believe me, the State will take your cooperation into consideration, Miss Hollingsworth ..."]
-
4.
["Pity your husband doesn't play cards, Mrs. Cartwright... !"]
-
5.
[Sailors' Knots]
-
6.
["It's very simple, darling. The bloody mary's ready in case you're hung over, and I'm ready in case you're not."]
Vargas -
7.
["If their tails are wagging, does it mean they're cross or happy?"]
-
8.
["Judith tells me you write. I read."]
-
9.
Rooms
-
10.
["It's easy enough getting in to see him—it the getting out that's difficult!"]
-
11.
["... And behind every man who's a FAILURE there's a woman, too!"]
-
12.
[Plane Perspective]
-
13.
["Suppose your fellow surgeons found out you lost your nerve at the critical moment?"]
-
14.
["I say, Sir Reginald, have you noticed anything peculiar about this voyage?"]
-
15.
["With my Harold, I'd welcome a response of ANY kind!!"]
-
16.
["Judge Rollins has yet to have a decision reversed."]
-
17.
["Now—who else doesn't understand the annual report?"]
-
18.
["But, Pop, after being trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, kind, obedient, cheerful, thrifty, brave, clean, and reverent, I need the relaxation."]
-
19.
[Airport - No Vacancy]
-
20.
["I remember when the only thing he was against was boiled carrots!"]
-
21.
[Caveman Club-Burning]
-
22.
["Where's that girl with the coffee?"]
-
23.
["We can definitely rule out an inferiority complex ... !"]
-
24.
["I'd be careful if I were you, buddy—that's the bartender's wife ..."]
-
25.
["Please, madam—you're disturbing the tourists."]
-
26.
["Happiness is a warm puppy ..."]
-
27.
["My son told me what you said about me."]
-
28.
[Lover's Leap: Three Cliffs No Waiting]
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29.
["What it comes down to is—if we don't put an end to all this 'death-of-God' talk, we'll soon be out looking for jobs."]
-
30.
["What did we do with our Sundays BEFORE we hated America?"]
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31.
["I'll bet you it isn't HIS navel he's contemplating."]
This issue was modified by
- Steven Samuels
- Luther Weaver
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