Playboy
#v14#12
(December 1967)
Playboy,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 14
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 324
- Indicia Frequency
- monthly
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- HMH Publishing Co. Inc.
- Editing
- Hugh M. Hefner (credited) (editor, publisher); A. C. Spectorsky (associate publisher, editorial director)
Issue Notes
Psychedelic art cover. Interview with Johnny Carson. Article on Art Nouveau Erotica with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley, Norman Lindsey, Gustav Klimt, and others. Playboy Christmas cards with illustrations by Eldon Dedini, Dink Siegel, Gahan Wilson, and Don Madden.
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
- Eldon Dedini (signed as
Dedini) - Pencils
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Colors
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- 'Si ... i ... i ... lent ... night ...'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A rock band "Van Gogh and the Pierced Ears" sing a Christmas carol at a dance.
- Keywords
- Christmas carol; drums; guitars; light show; rock band
Indexer Notes
Page 115.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Alden Erikson (signed as
A. Erikson) - Pencils
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson) (painting)
- Inks
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson) (painting)
- Colors
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can run along to bed now, Lisa—Mommy will take care of Santa.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A little girl serves a martini to Santa, who is sitting on a coach with a flimsily-dressed woman.
- Keywords
- Christmas tree; martini; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Page 153.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Dink Siegel (signed as
Dink Siegel) - Pencils
- Dink Siegel (signed as Dink Siegel) (painting)
- Inks
- Dink Siegel (signed as Dink Siegel) (painting)
- Colors
- Dink Siegel (signed as Dink Siegel) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- He said the mistletoe was imported from France, so there was a slight difference in the tradition.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An undressed girl talks to her roommate, who is trimming the Christmas tree.
- Keywords
- cat; Christmas tree; mistletoe
Indexer Notes
Page 163.
[no title indexed]
Vargas / cartoon / 2 pages
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Alberto Vargas (signed as Vargas) (painting)
- Inks
- Alberto Vargas (signed as Vargas) (painting)
- Colors
- Alberto Vargas (signed as Vargas) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This year I've decided to give something that will eliminate all that tiresome shopping.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A nude girl reclines on a white bearskin rug.
- Keywords
- bearskin rug
Indexer Notes
Pages 178-179. Double-page painting.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Erich Sokol (signed as
SOKOL) - Pencils
- Erich Sokol (signed as SOKOL) (painting)
- Inks
- Erich Sokol (signed as SOKOL) (painting)
- Colors
- Erich Sokol (signed as SOKOL) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ahem, I have a nurse present to help you feel more at ease, Miss Travis.
- Genre
- humor; historical; medical
- Synopsis
- In a 19th century doctor's office, a nurse lounges nude on a couch, while a female patient disrobes.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- corset; doctor; doctor's office; nurse
Indexer Notes
Page 183.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Buck Brown (signed as
buck brown) - Pencils
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown) (painting)
- Inks
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown) (painting)
- Colors
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Who said that blondes have more fun?
- Genre
- history; satire-parody
- Characters
- General George Armstrong Custer
- Synopsis
- General Custer makes an observation to his sergeant during the pitched battle of the Little Big Horn.
- Keywords
- 7th Cavalry; battle; horses; Indians; Little Big Horn
Indexer Notes
Page 193. The punch line is a parody of the Clairol Hair Color print and TV commercials' catch phrase: "Is it true blondes have more fun?" Custer had blonde hair.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- John Dempsey (signed as
John Dempsey) - Pencils
- John Dempsey (signed as John Dempsey)
- Inks
- John Dempsey (signed as John Dempsey)
- Colors
- John Dempsey (signed as John Dempsey)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We decided that since our husbands are having their Christmas parties at their offices...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The neighborhood wives invite all the delivery men for a Christmas party.
- Keywords
- Christmas party; Christmas tree; dancing; mail carrier; policeman
Indexer Notes
Page 204.
[no title indexed]
Symbolic Sex / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Don Addis (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Addis (credited)
- Inks
- Don Addis (credited)
- Colors
- Don Addis ?
- Letters
- Don Addis (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hah, Toro!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Nine cartoons based on the medical symbols for man and woman.
Indexer Notes
Page 207. Spot red color on one cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Richard Taylor (signed as
R. TAYLOR) - Pencils
- Richard Taylor (signed as R. TAYLOR)
- Inks
- Richard Taylor (signed as R. TAYLOR)
- Colors
- Richard Taylor (signed as R. TAYLOR)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Looks as though the Entertainment Committee has come up with some fresh ideas for this year's Christmas party.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men and two women leave a conference room partially undressed.
- Reprints
-
in Playboy (Playboy, 1953 series) #v17#12 (December 1970)
-
Indexer Notes
Page 211.
[A Present for Christmas Carolers]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Claude Smith (signed as
CLAUDE) - Pencils
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Inks
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Colors
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Four Christmas carolers are at a house. Three sing outside while the other goes inside. This repeats itself until all have been inside. Final panel shows an attractive woman waving them good-bye.
- Keywords
- Christmas carols
Indexer Notes
Page 223. Five-panel pantomime story.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Phil Interlandi (signed as
Interlandi) - Pencils
- Phil Interlandi (signed as Interlandi)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi (signed as Interlandi)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Don we now our gay apparel...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man sings part of "Deck the Halls" while donning a dress in front of a mirror.
- Keywords
- Christmas carol; Christmas tree; mirror; transvestite
Indexer Notes
Page 227.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman (signed as
Handelsman) - Pencils
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Colors
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, Mr. Norris! What an unexpected surprise! Does this mean that you've chosen my agency to handle your advertising?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man has an unexpected response when he catches his wife in bed with another man.
- Keywords
- adultery
Indexer Notes
Page 228.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Brian Savage (signed as
BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked]) - Pencils
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Inks
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- In the talent category, Miss Foster will recite a list of books she has read.
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- An emcee at a beauty contest introduces one contestant's dubious contribution to the talent portion.
- Keywords
- beauty pageant
Indexer Notes
Page 230. Girls are in gowns, not bathing suits.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Disgusting! I bet they're having an orgasm right now.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A dour older couple looks on disapprovingly at a young couple dressed in mod clothes, holding hands.
- Keywords
- counterculture; generation gap
Indexer Notes
Page 232.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Pencils
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Inks
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sir, could you help me get back to the North Pole?
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa is standing on the sidewalk, hat in hand, asking for contributions.
- Keywords
- begging; Christmas; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Page 233.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I'm not an Arab, am I?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A shepherd in a children's Christmas pageant is unsure of his role.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- Christmas; pageant; politics; shepherds
Indexer Notes
Page 235. Likely a reference to the "Six-Day War" fought in 1967 between Israel and the Arab nations.
[Garbage Disposal in Chimney]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Howard Shoemaker (signed as
Shoemaker) - Pencils
- Howard Shoemaker (signed as Shoemaker)
- Inks
- Howard Shoemaker (signed as Shoemaker)
- Genre
- humor; horror-suspense
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- A sadist installs a garbage disposal at the top of his chimney and waits for Santa Claus to put his foot inside, so he can flip the switch.
- Reprints
- in Playboy (Playboy, 1953 series) #v17#12 (December 1970)
-
- Keywords
- Chimney; Christmas; garbage disposal; sadist
Indexer Notes
Page 237. A pantomime cartoon.
["Love" graffiti on the Great Wall]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini)
- Genre
- humor; advocacy
- Synopsis
- The Great Wall of China stretches into the distance. In one spot the word "Love" is written as graffiti.
- Keywords
- graffiti; Great Wall of China
Indexer Notes
Page 239. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as
rodrigues) - Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as rodrigues)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as rodrigues)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ... This bar has sure changed in the last couple of years ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men are talking at the end of a bar. The old large painting of a nude woman that hung behind the bar has been replaced by a beefcake pose of a young man.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bar; gay; homosexual; paintings; pinups
Indexer Notes
Page 240.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Pencils
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Inks
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- We're saved! We're saved! I think!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men lost in the desert see an "Air-Sea Rescue" helicopter drop a frogman and a rubber raft by parachute, which isn't appropriate for the circumstances.
- Keywords
- desert; helicopter; parachute; rubber raft
Indexer Notes
Page 241.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- William Shaffer (signed as W. Shaffer)
- Pencils
- William Shaffer (signed as W. Shaffer)
- Inks
- William Shaffer (signed as W. Shaffer)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hello, Mom—I got the job.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man dressed in a Santa suit phones his mother after getting a job as a bell-ringer for the Salvation Army.
- Keywords
- bell-ringer; Christmas; Santa Claus; telephone booth
Indexer Notes
Page 242.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Don Reilly (signed as
Donald Reilly) - Pencils
- Don Reilly (signed as Donald Reilly)
- Inks
- Don Reilly (signed as Donald Reilly)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ... But I'm sure you'll all agree that what our new general manager lacks in ability and experience, he more than compensates for by being my son.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The company owner introduces the new general manager to the directors.
- Keywords
- nepotism
Indexer Notes
Page 244.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Pencils
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Inks
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't condone it either, certainly, but there's nothing in our code of ethics that specifically forbids it.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two congressmen walk by the columns in the Capitol and see another congressman taking payoffs from the Devil.
- Keywords
- Capitol; congressmen; corruption; Devil; politics; Washington D.C.
Indexer Notes
Page 245.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Francis Smilby (signed as
Smilby) - Pencils
- Francis Smilby (signed as Smilby)
- Inks
- Francis Smilby (signed as Smilby)
- Colors
- Francis Smilby (signed as Smilby)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- An orchid for your gown, my dear.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A couple is in a booth in a fancy restaurant. An older gentleman offers his younger date an orchid, which becomes a problem as she is wearing a very low-cut dress with spaghetti straps.
- Keywords
- orchid; restaurant
Indexer Notes
Page 246.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Marty Murphy (signed as
MARTY MURPHY [horizontal]) - Pencils
- Marty Murphy (signed as MARTY MURPHY [horizontal])
- Inks
- Marty Murphy (signed as MARTY MURPHY [horizontal])
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Perhaps you misunderstood ... I just said that I wished you Mother truckers would be more careful ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man in a sports car gets in a minor accident with a semi-truck hauling Mother's Bread. The sports car driver tries to pacify the burly truck driver by claiming he said something else rather than an obscenity.
- Keywords
- double-entendre; obscenity; semi; sports car; truck driver
Indexer Notes
Page 249.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Doug Sneyd (signed as
Sneyd) - Pencils
- Doug Sneyd (signed as Sneyd) (painting)
- Inks
- Doug Sneyd (signed as Sneyd) (painting)
- Colors
- Doug Sneyd (signed as Sneyd) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- All I know is every December 25th I wake up and this jolly little fat fellow is in bed with me...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An attractive woman has an annual holiday visitor.
- Reprints
- in Playboy (Playboy, 1953 series) #v17#12 (December 1970)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; Santa Claus; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 253.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Gahan Wilson (signed as
Gahan Wilson) - Pencils
- Gahan Wilson (signed as Gahan Wilson)
- Inks
- Gahan Wilson (signed as Gahan Wilson)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You get off that ice pond this minute, you filthy little boy!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A little boy uses his ice skates to draw a topless woman on the ice in a pond, much to the disgust of an old woman standing on the bank.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- censorship; ice skating; pond
Indexer Notes
Page 255.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Pencils
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Inks
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Gee, it must be pretty serious. They're going to call in his accountant.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two nurses are talking by the beside of a man in a hospital room, while three executives confer in the hallway.
- Keywords
- accountant; hospital; nurses
Indexer Notes
Page 256.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Phil Interlandi (signed as Interlandi)
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi (signed as Interlandi) (painting)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi (signed as Interlandi) (painting)
- Colors
- Phil Interlandi (signed as Interlandi) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Same gift for you again this year, Jarvis?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An attractive young woman makes a suggestive comment to a handsome doorman at their apartment building as her older husband plays the taxi.
- Keywords
- Christmas; doorman; taxi
Indexer Notes
Page 259.
[Too Many Ties]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Gahan Wilson (signed as Gahan Wilson)
- Pencils
- Gahan Wilson (signed as Gahan Wilson)
- Inks
- Gahan Wilson (signed as Gahan Wilson)
- Colors
- Gahan Wilson (signed as Gahan Wilson)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man reaches the breaking point when he opens yet another present of a necktie and starts chasing his wife with the intent of strangling her with one of the ties.
- Keywords
- Christmas; Christmas tree; neckties
Indexer Notes
Page 263. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Sidney Harris (signed as
S. Harris) - Pencils
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Inks
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Like anything else, it's an acquired taste.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young teen has a girl by his side as he talks to his friend sitting on an apartment building staircase.
- Keywords
- teens
Indexer Notes
Page 266.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown)
- Pencils
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown)
- Inks
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown)
- Colors
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Evidently you're not the little boy who wrote that he wasn't getting anything...
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa sits at the foot of the bed in an expensively-furnished apartment, talking to a man who has a sexy woman in bed with him.
- Keywords
- bed; Christmas; Santa Claus; stereo
Indexer Notes
Page 268.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I see. Due to your corrupt mismanagement, the people of your country are starving and rebellious, and you urgently require American aid. Right. How many machine guns?
- Genre
- humor; satire-parody
- Synopsis
- A dictator requests some American aid.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- dictatorship; foreign aid; machine guns; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 270. A parody of America sending weapons to prop up Third-World dictatorships as long as they said they were anti-communist.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- George Dole (signed as George Dole)
- Pencils
- George Dole (signed as George Dole)
- Inks
- George Dole (signed as George Dole)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I read your book, Miss Crane, and found it delightfully uninhibited.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a party, a man talks to a nude woman about her new book.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- book; nude; party
Indexer Notes
Page 271.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Pencils
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Inks
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If you don't pay any attention, they usually stop showing off.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A couple's unruly young children harass a visiting couple.
Indexer Notes
Page 273.
[Pilgrim in the Stock]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Dennis Renault (signed as Renault)
- Pencils
- Dennis Renault (signed as Renault)
- Inks
- Dennis Renault (signed as Renault)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- A Pilgrim is locked in the stocks. And his dog is locked in a separate stock next to him.
- Keywords
- dog; Pilgrim; stocks
Indexer Notes
Page 274. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Pencils
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Inks
- Sidney Harris (signed as S. Harris)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The guy without the tail? Calls himself Adam.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two "missing links" with tails comment on their companion, who doesn't have a tail and carries a club.
- Keywords
- evolution; missing link; tail
Indexer Notes
Page 275.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Alphonse Normandia (signed as
alphonse normandia) - Pencils
- Alphonse Normandia (signed as alphonse normandia)
- Inks
- Alphonse Normandia (signed as alphonse normandia)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I don't know what's wrong with kids today.
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Daedalus; Icarius
- Synopsis
- A re-telling of the Icarius Greek myth, with Daedalus making a generation gap comment as his son plunges into the ocean for flying too close to the sun.
- Keywords
- flying; generation gap; Greek myth
Indexer Notes
Page 277.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Pencils
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Inks
- Brian Savage (signed as BRIAN SAVAGE [stacked])
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- There should be no difficulty about the divorce, Mr. Briggs, but it never hurts to have the court on our side.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A lawyer gives his client a sombrero and a serape before going to a Mexican court to ask for a divorce.
- Keywords
- divorce; Mexico; serape; sombrero; stereotype
Indexer Notes
Page 278.
[Uneasy Flier]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Buck Brown (signed as
buck brown [stacked]) - Pencils
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown [stacked])
- Inks
- Buck Brown (signed as buck brown [stacked])
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A passenger on an airliner is eating dinner, but suddenly notices the wine in his glass is tilted at a steep level, meaning the plane is in a dive.
- Keywords
- airplane; wine
Indexer Notes
Page 279. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Pencils
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Inks
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Colors
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson) (graytones)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Let's see, that's one 'yes,' four 'no' and seventeen 'Like, man, who needs it?'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A pollster gets mostly non-committal answers from a laid-back young man.
- Keywords
- counterculture; pollster
Indexer Notes
Page 280.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This 'black power' thing, now. What the devil do YOU make of it, George?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man sitting in an overstuffed chair in a club car on a train asks the older black man serving him liquor about his views on racial politics.
- Keywords
- black power; liquor; race relations; train
Indexer Notes
Page 283.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Colors
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I still can't get used to a Christmas without snow.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An older man looks on from the swimming pool, as his young nude female companion comments on the tropical weather.
- Reprints
- in Playboy (Playboy, 1953 series) #v17#12 (December 1970)
-
- Keywords
- Christmas; swimming pool
Indexer Notes
Page 285.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Pencils
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Inks
- Claude Smith (signed as CLAUDE)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Beverly, I want an option on you for the Christmas party.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An executive sets up a date with an attractive receptionist.
- Keywords
- Christmas party; publishing
Indexer Notes
Page 288.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- George Dole (signed as George Dole)
- Pencils
- George Dole (signed as George Dole)
- Inks
- George Dole (signed as George Dole)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Just tell the Senator I represent five thousand nudists in his state.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A secretary in a Senator's office is confronted by a nude woman.
- Keywords
- nudists; senator; Washington D.C.
Indexer Notes
Page 289.
[Eskimo Hospitality]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- John Dempsey (signed as John Dempsey)
- Pencils
- John Dempsey (signed as John Dempsey)
- Inks
- John Dempsey (signed as John Dempsey)
- Colors
- John Dempsey (signed as John Dempsey)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An Eskimo offers his wife to his white guest, then goes outside the igloo to spy on them through a crack in the ice blocks.
- Keywords
- Eskimo; igloo; stereotypes; voyeurism
Indexer Notes
Page 293. A six-panel pantomime story.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Leo Garel (signed as
Leo Garel) - Pencils
- Leo Garel (signed as Leo Garel)
- Inks
- Leo Garel (signed as Leo Garel)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Their romance had a tragic ending—marriage.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two young men at a bar mourn the loss of one of their friends to marriage.
- Keywords
- bar; marriage
Indexer Notes
Page 294.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as rodrigues)
- Pencils
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as rodrigues)
- Inks
- Charlie Rodrigues (signed as rodrigues)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- ...Right there, in that brown house, is where we lived when my folks moved here from Buffalo in 1937—the little store on the corner used to be Harry's Taylor Shop...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The tour on a sightseeing bus ends up being a tour of the bus driver's life.
- Keywords
- bus; sightseeing
Indexer Notes
Page 295. The caption is six lines long in total.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I suppose everything you said last night has no meaning now.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men are stranded on a desert island. They have different reactions when a woman straggles ashore.
- Keywords
- desert island
Indexer Notes
Page 296. Signature is not legible. Same artist as the cartoon on page 305.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Don Lewis (signed as Don Lewis) (painting)
- Inks
- Don Lewis (signed as Don Lewis) (painting)
- Colors
- Don Lewis (signed as Don Lewis) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was going to put him in his place—but he found it all by himself.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Pin-up of a girl in stockings and a negligee.
- Reprints
Indexer Notes
Page 299.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Don Reilly (signed as Donald Reilly)
- Pencils
- Don Reilly (signed as Donald Reilly)
- Inks
- Don Reilly (signed as Donald Reilly)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This is the bugged martini olive, and Miss Kranepool, here, is our sophisticated delivery system.
- Genre
- humor; spy
- Synopsis
- A spy organization plans on using a beautiful woman to slip a recording device in a martini.
- Keywords
- cocktail; olive; spy
Indexer Notes
Page 301.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Michael Ffolkes (signed as
ffolkes) - Pencils
- Michael Ffolkes (signed as ffolkes)
- Inks
- Michael Ffolkes (signed as ffolkes)
- Colors
- Michael Ffolkes (signed as ffolkes)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Most unusual robbery I can remember.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A detective views a room of nude paintings, each of which has a neat square containing the buttocks cut out of it.
- Keywords
- buttocks; nudes; paintings; vandalism
Indexer Notes
Page 303.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Buster Miller (signed as Buster Miller)
- Pencils
- Buster Miller (signed as Buster Miller)
- Inks
- Buster Miller (signed as Buster Miller)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Jones, you're fired!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The head of the public relations department sets up a testimonial dinner for himself, but nobody shows up.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- public relations
Indexer Notes
Page 304.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- My wife's name is Helen. She has brown eyes and blonde hair and she'll be driving a blue Volkswagon. Now, when I get to Westport, how will I know your wife?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men discuss details for wife-swapping on their commuter train ride home from work.
- Keywords
- commuter train; wife-swapping
Indexer Notes
Page 305. Signature is not legible. Same artist as the cartoon on page 296.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Pencils
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Inks
- Bud Handelsman (signed as Handelsman)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- One man favors the creation of a permanent United States peace-keeping force directly responsible to the Secretariat, whereas the other...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two men have a fight outside a bar over United Nations policies.
- Keywords
- bar; fight; United Nations
Indexer Notes
Page 309.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini)
- Pencils
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Inks
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Colors
- Eldon Dedini (signed as Dedini) (painting)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You can't beat Christmas in the country.
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- The satyr has plenty of wine and food and a nymph to help celebrate Christmas.
- Keywords
- Christmas; cupids; nymph; satyr; wine
Indexer Notes
Page 311. Part of the "Satyr" series.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Pencils
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Inks
- Alden Erikson (signed as A. Erikson)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Look, kid, you don't believe in me and I don't believe in you, but neither of us can afford to buck the system.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A cynical department-store Santa is abrupt with a difficult child.
- Keywords
- Christmas; department store; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Page 312.
[Booby Doll]
Little Annie Fanny / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman (credited); Larry Siegel (credited)
- Pencils
- Bill Elder (credited as Will Elder) (painting)
- Inks
- Bill Elder (credited as Will Elder) (painting)
- Colors
- Bill Elder (credited as Will Elder) (painting)
- Letters
- ?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Annie Fanny; James Bomb [James Bond spoof]; J. P. Dinkywinky; Israel Bomb (spy)
- Synopsis
- Spoof of toy shows, featuring an life-size Annie Fanny doll.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- industrial espionage; Jewish; spying; toys
Indexer Notes
Pages 315-319. Credits read "by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder with Larry Siegel." Title from Kurtzman's records.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["'Si ... i ... i ... lent ... night ...'"]
-
2.
["You can run along to bed now, Lisa—Mommy will take care of Santa."]
-
3.
["He said the mistletoe was imported from France, so there was a slight difference in the tradition."]
-
4.
["This year I've decided to give something that will eliminate all that tiresome shopping."]
Vargas -
5.
["Ahem, I have a nurse present to help you feel more at ease, Miss Travis."]
-
6.
["Who said that blondes have more fun?"]
-
7.
["We decided that since our husbands are having their Christmas parties at their offices..."]
-
8.
["Hah, Toro!"]
Symbolic Sex -
9.
["Looks as though the Entertainment Committee has come up with some fresh ideas for this year's Christmas party."]
-
10.
[A Present for Christmas Carolers]
-
11.
["Don we now our gay apparel..."]
-
12.
["Well, Mr. Norris! What an unexpected surprise! Does this mean that you've chosen my agency to handle your advertising?"]
-
13.
["In the talent category, Miss Foster will recite a list of books she has read."]
-
14.
["Disgusting! I bet they're having an orgasm right now."]
-
15.
["Sir, could you help me get back to the North Pole?"]
-
16.
["I'm not an Arab, am I?"]
-
17.
[Garbage Disposal in Chimney]
-
18.
["Love" graffiti on the Great Wall]
-
19.
["... This bar has sure changed in the last couple of years ..."]
-
20.
["We're saved! We're saved! I think!"]
-
21.
["Hello, Mom—I got the job."]
-
22.
["... But I'm sure you'll all agree that what our new general manager lacks in ability and experience, he more than compensates for by being my son."]
-
23.
["I don't condone it either, certainly, but there's nothing in our code of ethics that specifically forbids it."]
-
24.
["An orchid for your gown, my dear."]
-
25.
["Perhaps you misunderstood ... I just said that I wished you Mother truckers would be more careful ..."]
-
26.
["All I know is every December 25th I wake up and this jolly little fat fellow is in bed with me..."]
-
27.
["You get off that ice pond this minute, you filthy little boy!"]
-
28.
["Gee, it must be pretty serious. They're going to call in his accountant."]
-
29.
["Same gift for you again this year, Jarvis?"]
-
30.
[Too Many Ties]
-
31.
["Like anything else, it's an acquired taste."]
-
32.
["Evidently you're not the little boy who wrote that he wasn't getting anything..."]
-
33.
["I see. Due to your corrupt mismanagement, the people of your country are starving and rebellious, and you urgently require American aid. Right. How many machine guns?"]
-
34.
["I read your book, Miss Crane, and found it delightfully uninhibited."]
-
35.
["If you don't pay any attention, they usually stop showing off."]
-
36.
[Pilgrim in the Stock]
-
37.
["The guy without the tail? Calls himself Adam."]
-
38.
["I don't know what's wrong with kids today."]
-
39.
["There should be no difficulty about the divorce, Mr. Briggs, but it never hurts to have the court on our side."]
-
40.
[Uneasy Flier]
-
41.
["Let's see, that's one 'yes,' four 'no' and seventeen 'Like, man, who needs it?'"]
-
42.
["This 'black power' thing, now. What the devil do YOU make of it, George?"]
-
43.
["I still can't get used to a Christmas without snow."]
-
44.
["Miss Beverly, I want an option on you for the Christmas party."]
-
45.
["Just tell the Senator I represent five thousand nudists in his state."]
-
46.
[Eskimo Hospitality]
-
47.
["Their romance had a tragic ending—marriage."]
-
48.
["...Right there, in that brown house, is where we lived when my folks moved here from Buffalo in 1937—the little store on the corner used to be Harry's Taylor Shop..."]
-
49.
["I suppose everything you said last night has no meaning now."]
-
50.
["I was going to put him in his place—but he found it all by himself."]
-
51.
["This is the bugged martini olive, and Miss Kranepool, here, is our sophisticated delivery system."]
-
52.
["Most unusual robbery I can remember."]
-
53.
["Jones, you're fired!"]
-
54.
["My wife's name is Helen. She has brown eyes and blonde hair and she'll be driving a blue Volkswagon. Now, when I get to Westport, how will I know your wife?"]
-
55.
["One man favors the creation of a permanent United States peace-keeping force directly responsible to the Secretariat, whereas the other..."]
-
56.
["You can't beat Christmas in the country."]
-
57.
["Look, kid, you don't believe in me and I don't believe in you, but neither of us can afford to buck the system."]
-
58.
[Booby Doll]
Little Annie Fanny
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