Playboy
#v13#3
(March 1966)
Playboy,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 13
- Price
- 0.75 USD
- Pages
- 180
- 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
Ten letters of comment in "Dear Playboy" regarding the interview with Al Capp in the December 1965 issue, including ones from Stan Drake, Jules Feiffer, and Fredric Wertham, M.D.
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
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Pencils
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Inks
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Colors
- Dink Siegel (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You are going on a trip ... It has some of the aspects of a honeymoon ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two young women are getting their fortunes told.
- Reprints
-
in The Playboy Cartoon Album (Playboy Press, 1963 series) #4 (1971) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- crystal ball; fortune-teller
Indexer Notes
Page 63.
[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
- I'm afraid the curse is beginning to work, Professor. I'm pregnant.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two archeologists are excavating an Egyptian site. Apparently there is a legend of a curse on those who disturb the site.
- Keywords
- archeologists; curse; Egypt
Indexer Notes
Page 75.
[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
- Just one more letter, Miss Maston—and then we'll get down to business ... !
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A secretary is taking dictation from her boss, while both are in bed.
- Keywords
- bed; dictation; secretary
Indexer Notes
Page 80.
[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
- Oh, nothing much. We're just having an after ours drink ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man talks on the phone after a romantic encounter.
- Keywords
- cigarettes; cocktails; smoking; telephone
Indexer Notes
Page 93. Punchline is wordplay on "after hours" as "after ours."
[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
- These are our loving cups.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At the brothel, the madam shows off a cabinet full of awards.
- Keywords
- brothel; cat; madam
Indexer Notes
Page 100. Part of the "Brothel" series.
[no title indexed]
Symbolic Sex / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Don Addis (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Addis (credited)
- Inks
- Don Addis (credited)
- Letters
- Don Addis (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, it takes all kinds
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Nine cartoons featuring the medical symbols for man and woman.
Indexer Notes
Page 101.
[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
- My agent says I can become a star if I let the right people handle me.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A brunette lies on white sheets and a patterned red pillow.
- Keywords
- agent; casting couch
Indexer Notes
Page 116.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well, that's a relief. I was afraid he was spending his allowance on goofballs.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Parents follow their son and find he's patronizing a brothel. They're relieved because they thought he was buying drugs.
- Keywords
- brothel; drugs; goofballs
Indexer Notes
Page 119. "Goofball" is a slang term for barbiturates.
[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
- Share and share alike, eh, Comrade?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- In Russia, a man finds his wife in bed and a man in the closet.
- Keywords
- adultery; closet; Russia
Indexer Notes
Page 125.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- First of all, we'd like to announce our engagement ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two astronauts exit their Gemini space capsule on the rescue ship and make an announcement.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- astronauts; Gemini; homosexual; press; ship
Indexer Notes
Page 127.
[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 hope you don't mind, but I'm trying to get my boy interested in medicine.
- Genre
- humor; medical
- Synopsis
- A doctor has his son sitting in the examining room while he examines a young woman in her underwear.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- doctor
Indexer Notes
Page 129.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.5 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
- How about having a J around here for a change?
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Characters
- Napoleon; Josephine
- Synopsis
- In Napoleon's lodging, there are "N"s everywhere. Josephine wants some equal time.
- Keywords
- France
Indexer Notes
Page 131.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Don Madden (signed)
- Pencils
- Don Madden (signed)
- Inks
- Don Madden (signed)
- Colors
- Don Madden (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- But, Albert, we've set the date, hired the hall, mailed the invitations, bought the cake and flowers, and everything ... !
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is on his knees in front of a woman. However, instead of proposing, he wants to call off the wedding.
- Reprints
- in The Playboy Cartoon Album (Playboy Press, 1963 series) #4 (1971) [black and white]
-
- Keywords
- proposal; wedding
Indexer Notes
Page 134.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I dunno—there's something about this sudden cold snap that depresses the hell out of me.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two dinosaurs are disturbed by the change in the weather.
- Keywords
- dinosaurs
Indexer Notes
Page 136. Artist signature is unclear.
[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
- It seems like only yesterday we were buying her her first training bra ... !
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A husband and wife look at a poster of their daughter, starring in "Shirley and her Topless Revue."
- Keywords
- poster; topless
Indexer Notes
Page 141.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Pencils
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Inks
- Phil Interlandi [as Interlandi] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do you expect to have hallucinations if you don't eat your mushrooms?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Counterculture parents tell their son to eat his mushrooms, so he can have hallucinations along with them.
- Keywords
- counterculture; drugs; hallucinations; mushrooms
Indexer Notes
Page 142.
[Mother's Diner]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Ronald Lindquist [as Lindquist] (signed)
- Pencils
- Ronald Lindquist [as Lindquist] (signed)
- Inks
- Ronald Lindquist [as Lindquist] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man eats in a restaurant called "Mother's Diner." On the wall is a sign that says "Eat Slowly and Chew Your Food Well."
- Reprints
- Keywords
- restaurant
Indexer Notes
Page 144.
[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
- Here's Roger making a fool of himself in Pago Pago ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is showing a home slideshow of him having a beach encounter with a native girl in the south Pacific.
- Keywords
- slideshow
Indexer Notes
Page 148.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- If I hear you say 'We missed the boat' once more—!
- Genre
- humor; fantasy-supernatural
- Synopsis
- A satyr and a centaur watch from the shore as Noah's Ark sails away.
- Keywords
- Bible; centaur; Noah's Ark; satyr
Indexer Notes
Page 153.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Cuckold ... Cuckold ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man reading his newspaper is mocked by his cuckoo clock.
- Keywords
- adultery; cigar; cuckoo clock; newspaper; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 154.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 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
- You were expecting someone, Lois?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A panicked woman finds the stork and a baby at the door and hopes it's for her roommate.
- Keywords
- pregnancy; stork
Indexer Notes
Page 155.
[Help with Tying a Woman to a Railroad Track]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Pencils
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Inks
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A villain ties a woman across railroad tracks. The train's engineer is helping him with the knots.
- Keywords
- railroad tracks; rope
Indexer Notes
Page 157. A pantomime cartoon.
[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
- That blasted maid's got everything upside-down again!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man steps into his apartment only to find the furniture attached to the ceiling.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- maid
Indexer Notes
Page 159.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- When I heard you were clever at cornering, I though they meant sports-car-wise.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a party, a man maneuvers a woman into a corner of the room.
- Keywords
- cocktails; party
Indexer Notes
Page 160.
[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
- ... And to my faithful valet, Sidney, who I promised to remember in my will—Hi there, Sidney!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a reading of a man's will, a valet receives mention, but no money.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- lawyer; valet; will
Indexer Notes
Page 165.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You've got to give the cruise director an A for effort, anyway.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- On a cruise, the event director tries to draw some attention by making a passenger walk the plank.
- Keywords
- cruise ship; walking the plank
Indexer Notes
Page 156.
[no title indexed]
comic story / 1 page
- Script
- Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
- Pencils
- Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
- Inks
- Al Jaffee [as Jaffee] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Dry enough for you, sir?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man drinks a very dry martini and shrivels up into a little ball.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bar; bartender; martini
Indexer Notes
Page 169. A six-panel comic story. The first five panels are pantomime.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Nothing to be alarmed about, officer—we're from 'Consumer Reports.'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A police officer looks disapprovingly at a couple who are trying out a "Bridal Special" bed in a department store.
- Keywords
- bed; department store; police
Indexer Notes
Page 170. The cartoon is not signed.
[On the Brooklyn B.M.T.]
Little Annie Fanny / comic story / 3 pages
- Script
- Harvey Kurtzman (credited)
- Pencils
- Will Elder (painting)
- Inks
- Will Elder (painting)
- Colors
- Will Elder (painting); Russ Heath (assistant); Al Jaffee (assistant)
- Letters
- Will Elder?
- Genre
- satire-parody
- Characters
- Annie Fanny; Ralphie Towzer
- Synopsis
- Spoof of New York subway crime.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- adult; helicopter; juvenile delinquents; microfilm; spies; subway
Indexer Notes
Pages 173-175. Credits read "by Harvey Kurtzman and Will Elder with Russ Heath and Al Jaffee." Title from Kurtzman's record. Story was written in December 1964. Inspired by the Kitty Genovese murder in Queens, N.Y. and people not becoming involved.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
["You are going on a trip ... It has some of the aspects of a honeymoon ..."]
-
2.
["I'm afraid the curse is beginning to work, Professor. I'm pregnant."]
-
3.
["Just one more letter, Miss Maston—and then we'll get down to business ... !"]
-
4.
["Oh, nothing much. We're just having an after ours drink ..."]
-
5.
["These are our loving cups."]
-
6.
["Well, it takes all kinds"]
Symbolic Sex -
7.
["My agent says I can become a star if I let the right people handle me."]
Vargas -
8.
["Well, that's a relief. I was afraid he was spending his allowance on goofballs."]
-
9.
["Share and share alike, eh, Comrade?"]
-
10.
["First of all, we'd like to announce our engagement ..."]
-
11.
["I hope you don't mind, but I'm trying to get my boy interested in medicine."]
-
12.
["How about having a J around here for a change?"]
-
13.
["But, Albert, we've set the date, hired the hall, mailed the invitations, bought the cake and flowers, and everything ... !"]
-
14.
["I dunno—there's something about this sudden cold snap that depresses the hell out of me."]
-
15.
["It seems like only yesterday we were buying her her first training bra ... !"]
-
16.
["How do you expect to have hallucinations if you don't eat your mushrooms?"]
-
17.
[Mother's Diner]
-
18.
["Here's Roger making a fool of himself in Pago Pago ..."]
-
19.
["If I hear you say 'We missed the boat' once more—!"]
-
20.
["Cuckold ... Cuckold ..."]
-
21.
["You were expecting someone, Lois?"]
-
22.
[Help with Tying a Woman to a Railroad Track]
-
23.
["That blasted maid's got everything upside-down again!"]
-
24.
["When I heard you were clever at cornering, I though they meant sports-car-wise."]
-
25.
["... And to my faithful valet, Sidney, who I promised to remember in my will—Hi there, Sidney!"]
-
26.
["You've got to give the cruise director an A for effort, anyway."]
-
27.
["Dry enough for you, sir?"]
-
28.
["Nothing to be alarmed about, officer—we're from 'Consumer Reports.'"]
-
29.
[On the Brooklyn B.M.T.]
Little Annie Fanny
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- Luther Weaver
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