Playboy
#v16#1
(January 1969)
Playboy,
1953 Series
- Volume
- 16
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- 296
- 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
Fifteenth Holiday Anniversary Issue.
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.
Great Track Record!
cartoon / 0.15 page
- Script
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Pencils
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Inks
- Howard Shoemaker [as Shoemaker] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A track hurdler is distracted by reading Cliff's Notes version of Pygmalion.
- Keywords
- hurdles; track
Indexer Notes
Page 49. Cartoon for ad for Cliff's Notes.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Ron Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
- Pencils
- Ron Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
- Inks
- Ron Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
- Colors
- Ron Taylor [as R. Taylor] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you have any games that can be played in bed by two or more consenting adults?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman makes an unusual request at a board games department.
- Keywords
- bed; games
Indexer Notes
Page 87.
[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
- Hey, man, there's a hair in my eggnog!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- In a crowded room of long-haired men and women, a man complains about finding a hair in his drink.
- Keywords
- counterculture; long-hair; party
Indexer Notes
Page 103.
[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
- Oh, hi, dear. Pam and I were just lying here wondering what the new year will bring.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A wife is not amused when she finds her husband making out with another woman in bed and draws a handgun from her purse.
- Keywords
- adultery; handgun; New Year's eve; party; purse
Indexer Notes
Page 127.
[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
- You name it, I've got it!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa tries to pick up two women at a bar.
- Keywords
- bar; Christmas
Indexer Notes
Page 137.
[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
- Boy, talk about being naughty!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- When Santa comes down the chimney, he finds the aftermath of a swinging nude party.
- Keywords
- chimney; Christmas; nude; orgy; party
Indexer Notes
Page 149.
[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
- Er, Frank, you remember Mr. Simpson, the public defender.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A rough-looking man catches his wife in bed with the public defender.
- Keywords
- adultery; public defender
Indexer Notes
Page 169.
[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
- Let's wait until midnight, so we can start the new year off right.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man carries a nearly-nude woman to bed, with ten minutes to go before midnight on New Year's Eve.
- Keywords
- New Year's Eve
Indexer Notes
Page 203.
[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
- We're just helping out during the holiday vacation to pick up a little extra Christmas money.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- College girls are working at the brothel during the holidays .
- Keywords
- brothel; Christmas tree; cigar; college; madam; smoking
Indexer Notes
Page 209. Part of the "Brothel" series.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I have to go back ... I lost my shoe.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An older man has to retrieve his shoe, which came off by a woman sitting on a park bench.
- Keywords
- bench; newspaper; park; shoe
Indexer Notes
Page 212.
[Different Imaginations]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Pencils
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Inks
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two students are sitting at a library table. The girl is imagining the boy thinking of her clothed. The boy is imagining the girl in the nude.
- Keywords
- college; imagination; library
Indexer Notes
Page 213.
[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
- Just WHOSE side are you on, Brother Francis?
- Genre
- humor; historical; religious
- Synopsis
- A medieval monk is on a ladder painting a mural inside a cathedral, but it consists of devils pursing nude women.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- cathedral; devils; ladder; mural; nudes
in Indexer Notes
Page 216.
[Executioner Bowling]
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
- A executioner with an axe is bowling. (What he is using to bowl with is not shown.)
- Keywords
- axe; bowling; executioner
Indexer Notes
Page 219. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I designed it with you particularly in mind, Mrs. Dillman!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A hat-designer gives a woman a hat with a jackass's head on it.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- hat; jackass
Indexer Notes
Page 220.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Syd Hoff [as Hoff] (signed)
- Pencils
- Syd Hoff [as Hoff] (signed)
- Inks
- Syd Hoff [as Hoff] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I object, your Honor! Counsel is leading the witness!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A lawyer is waltzing with a female witness in the courtroom.
- Keywords
- courtroom; dancing; judge; lawyer
Indexer Notes
Page 221.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 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
- They're really up tight this year. I got mugged in New York, demonstrated against in Chicago, shot at in Texas and arrested for vagrancy in Seattle.
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa has a rough trip around the United States in turbulent times.
- Keywords
- Christmas; demonstrations; slang
Indexer Notes
Page 223.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Charles E. Martin [as C.E.M] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles E. Martin [as C.E.M] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles E. Martin [as C.E.M] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- They're against phys ed being mandatory in the junior year.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two bystanders observe a huge college demonstration being suppressed by riot police.
- Keywords
- college; demonstration; police; riot
Indexer Notes
Page 226.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 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
- And one hypothetical question—How would you feel about the war if you were a munitions manufacturer?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A pollster asks a man a loaded question.
- Keywords
- polls; question; Vietnam War
Indexer Notes
Page 227.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.33 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
- Actually ... I didn't really shoot him ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man has a bearskin rug, complete with tire tracks where he ran over it.
- Keywords
- bearskin rug; tires
Indexer Notes
Page 228.
[Rear View]
cartoon / 0.2 page
- Script
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Pencils
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Inks
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A woman holds a mirror so a woman in tight ski pants can see how she looks from behind.
- Keywords
- mirror; snow skis; stretch pants
Indexer Notes
Page 229. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Sorry to bother you, chief, but we had a little disturbance in the dolly works!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Two elves report to Santa with another elf who was caught molesting a doll.
- Keywords
- Christmas; dolls; elves
Indexer Notes
Page 231.
[Checking Under the Covers]
cartoon / 0.33 page
- Script
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Pencils
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Inks
- Charles Rodrigues [as Rodrigues] (signed)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An elderly woman holds a "Marriage Sex Manual" in one hand and raises the blanket with the other to check on her sleeping husband.
- Keywords
- elderly; marriage; sex education
Indexer Notes
Page 233. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
Symbolic Sex / cartoon / 1 page
- Script
- Don Addis (credited)
- Pencils
- Don Addis (credited)
- Inks
- Don Addis (credited)
- Colors
- Don Addis (credited)
- Letters
- Don Addis (credited)
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Home wrecker!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Ten cartoons using the medical symbols for male and female.
- Keywords
- camera; Christmas; python; symbols; virgin
Indexer Notes
Page 235. One spot of red color, otherwise black and white.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Taylor Street? Gee, I dunno ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An "all-seeing" fortune teller isn't good with directions.
- Keywords
- fortune teller
Indexer Notes
Page 238.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- ? [as O'Brien] (signed)
- Pencils
- ? [as O'Brien] (signed)
- Inks
- ? [as O'Brien] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I said, 'Question period over'!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a museum, a school teacher cuts off questions when a youngster wants to ask one about a nude female sculpture.
- Keywords
- museum; nude; sculpture; teacher
Indexer Notes
Page 239.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Inks
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Here's an honest one: It says, 'Wanted: colored college graduate to sit at conspicuous desk in front office of large, hypocritical corporation. $250 per month.'
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An African-American couple are sitting at the breakfast table, reading the help-wanted ads.
- Keywords
- African-American; black; newspaper; racist; want ads
Indexer Notes
Page 240.
[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
- Oh, God! It's really been one of those days!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A manager of a department store is upset when the down escalator starts pulling people into the machinery.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- escalator
Indexer Notes
Page 243.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 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
- There's a young lady in it!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- In a burning building, men in party hats drop a cake with a woman inside down into a net held by firemen.
- Keywords
- cake; fire; firemen; net; party
Indexer Notes
Page 245.
[Firearms Bumper Sticker]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Pencils
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Inks
- Lee Lorenz [as Lorenz] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man in a car with a "Register Communists Not Firearms" bumper sticker is firing a hand gun out the window at a pursuing police car.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- bumper sticker; handgun; police; shooting
Indexer Notes
Page 249. A pantomime cartoon.
[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
- I suppose we're going to have to put up with that dirty snicker for the whole damn year!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a New Year's Eve party, a woman comments on the "Welcome '69" sign.
- Keywords
- double-entendre; New Year's Eve; party
Indexer Notes
Page 251.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
- Pencils
- Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
- Inks
- Mischa Richter [as Richter] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I was thinking ... uh ... Dow Chemical.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A buyer furtively suggests a stock to his broker.
- Keywords
- stocks; Vietnam
Indexer Notes
Page 252. Dow Chemical was not "socially correct," due to its supplying of chemicals to the US military in Vietnam.
[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
- I know they're littler than we are, but that means they can HIDE better.
- Genre
- humor; military
- Synopsis
- Two American soldiers in the jungle discuss their Vietnamese enemy.
- Keywords
- Army; jungle; soldiers; Vietnam
Indexer Notes
Page 253.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- Script
- B Kliban (signed)
- Pencils
- B Kliban (signed)
- Inks
- B Kliban (signed)
- Colors
- B Kliban (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ho, ho, ho ... you're all busted!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Santa Claus
- Synopsis
- Santa comes down the chimney at a pot-smokers' party and arrests them.
- Keywords
- chimney; Christmas; drugs; marijuana; narc
Indexer Notes
Page 255.
[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
- Don't take any prisoners—I have just enough for us.
- Genre
- humor; war
- Synopsis
- A cook in the trenches in World War I tells the soldiers not to take any prisoners because he doesn't have any extra food.
- Keywords
- cook; prisoners of war; trenches; World War I
Indexer Notes
Page 259.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 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
- Freud? Jung? Bah! I'm a De Sade man.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A psychiatrist ties up his female patient on the couch and implies he's going to use a whip on her.
- Keywords
- bondage; couch; psychiatrist; sadist; whip
Indexer Notes
Page 261.
[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
- There are certain rumors going around about you, Knut.
- Genre
- humor; historical
- Synopsis
- Two ancient sailing warships have fierce figureheads on their prows, while another one has the head of a swan.
- Keywords
- figureheads; homosexual; sails; warships
Indexer Notes
Page 262.
[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
- Herbert, this is Mr. Bagwell, my attorney. We want our alimony.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The ex-wife of a department store Santa Claus brings her lawyer with her when she sits on Santa's lap.
- Keywords
- alimony; Christmas; department store; divorce; lawyer
Indexer Notes
Page 263.
[For Your Dog]
comic story / 0.2 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man opens a cannister labeled "For Your Dog." Inside is a companion dog for the man's pet.
- Keywords
- dog; gift
Indexer Notes
Page 265. A three-panel pantomime story.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Pencils
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Inks
- Peter Paul Porges [as Porges] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This isn't Shakespeare—but I like it!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A husband comments to his wife about the nude version of the balcony scene of Romeo and Juliet they are watching on stage.
- Keywords
- nude; Romeo and Juliet; Shakespeare; stage
Indexer Notes
Page 266.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Script
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Pencils
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Inks
- Bruce Cochran [as Cochran!] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For all I know, you're not from the gas company at all, but a cruel sex maniac intent on taking advantage of the defenseless housewife who's alone in the house and will be for several hours.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A semi-nude housewife makes a come-on to the gas meter reader.
- Keywords
- gas company; housewife
Indexer Notes
Page 269.
[Santa and Guru]
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)
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At a department store there are two lines for children: one for Santa and another for a Guru.
- Keywords
- Christmas; department store; guru; Santa Claus
Indexer Notes
Page 271.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 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
- There goes a VERY sincere individual!!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Two businessmen watch a nude woman walking down the street carrying a "Make Love Not War!!" protest sign.
- Keywords
- counterculture; demonstration; nude; protest sign
Indexer Notes
Page 273.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- For a brief moment, I thought we were witnessing the bright new dawn of a literary renaissance.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Librarians watch people scurrying into the library to escape a sudden downpour.
- Keywords
- library; rain
Indexer Notes
Page 274.
[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
- Hi! Mind if I join you? I'm the fighting priest who isn't afraid to talk to the young. Maybe you read about me in LOOK.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A self-important priest joins a group at a table in a coffee shop, bragging about being mentioned in a national magazine.
- Keywords
- Catholic; coffee shop; expresso; priest
Indexer Notes
Page 276. In the Doonesbury newspaper comic strip for 1972-01-10, Rev. Scot Sloan is "Described by Look magazine as 'the fighting young priest who can talk to the young'." (Wikipedia)
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Pencils
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Inks
- Claude Smith [as Claude] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Poor kids! I understand EVERYTHING in their new apartment was faulty and called back.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A young couple sits with their suitcases in an empty apartment.
- Keywords
- apartment; recall
Indexer Notes
Page 277.
[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
- Caldwell, here, may well have the answer to 'After Pop Art, What?'!
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- An artist is painting a large canvas which is focused on a rear view of a nude woman, with emphasis on her buttocks.
- Keywords
- art; nude; painting
Indexer Notes
Page 279.
[Headless Men in Hall of Fame]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Headless generic businessmen walk between rows of busts of honored predecessors.
- Keywords
- hall of fame; honors
Indexer Notes
Page 281. A pantomime cartoon.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You call that DIRTY?
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man is showing pornographic movies to a teen girl. The girl has seen worse.
- Keywords
- movie projector; pornography; under-age
Indexer Notes
Page 282.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.25 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I've never read anything quite so moving, and I urge you to accept this offer to merge with Amalgamated Industries.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- The head of a publishing company is impressed by the tender offer from a conglomerate.
- Reprints
- Keywords
- publishing
Indexer Notes
Page 283.
[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
- He was tall, dark, and inexperienced.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A man sexually assaults a woman, but is so clumsy he leaves the room in a shambles.
- Keywords
- detectives; rape
Indexer Notes
Page 285. The punchline is a play on the phrase "tall, dark, and handsome."
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.4 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Well ... it all started when I was just a kid ... a bunch of us were playing and one of them said, 'Hey—let's play doctor' ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A nurse snuggles with a patient and tells stories from her youth.
- Keywords
- hospital; nurse
Indexer Notes
Page 286. First name of cartoonist's signature is not clear.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 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
- In the area of personality, I feel that you as the father can play a particularly key role, with man-to-man talks and an occasional shot to the head.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- Advice from a counselor to concerned parents includes a little corporal punishment.
- Keywords
- advice; counselor
Indexer Notes
Page 287.
[no title indexed]
cartoon / 0.3 page
- Script
- Joseph Farris [as Farris] (signed)
- Pencils
- Joseph Farris [as Farris] (signed)
- Inks
- Joseph Farris [as Farris] (signed)
- Letters
- typeset
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Edgar, I sense we're drifting apart ...
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- A husband and wife are sitting on a couch. The wife is reading "Time" and the husband is reading "Newsweek."
- Keywords
- magazines; marriage
Indexer Notes
Page 288.
[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
- You certainly look different without your dictation pad, Miss Bloom.
- Genre
- humor
- Synopsis
- At an office party, a secretary seduces her boss.
- Keywords
- Christmas; nude; office party; seduction
Indexer Notes
Page 291.
Editing
Related Scans
Series Information
Table of Contents
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1.
Great Track Record!
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2.
["Do you have any games that can be played in bed by two or more consenting adults?"]
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3.
["Hey, man, there's a hair in my eggnog!"]
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4.
["Oh, hi, dear. Pam and I were just lying here wondering what the new year will bring."]
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5.
["You name it, I've got it!"]
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6.
["Boy, talk about being naughty!"]
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7.
["Er, Frank, you remember Mr. Simpson, the public defender."]
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8.
["Let's wait until midnight, so we can start the new year off right."]
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9.
["We're just helping out during the holiday vacation to pick up a little extra Christmas money."]
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10.
["I have to go back ... I lost my shoe."]
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11.
[Different Imaginations]
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12.
["Just WHOSE side are you on, Brother Francis?"]
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13.
[Executioner Bowling]
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14.
["I designed it with you particularly in mind, Mrs. Dillman!"]
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15.
["I object, your Honor! Counsel is leading the witness!"]
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16.
["They're really up tight this year. I got mugged in New York, demonstrated against in Chicago, shot at in Texas and arrested for vagrancy in Seattle."]
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17.
["They're against phys ed being mandatory in the junior year."]
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18.
["And one hypothetical question—How would you feel about the war if you were a munitions manufacturer?"]
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19.
["Actually ... I didn't really shoot him ..."]
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20.
[Rear View]
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21.
["Sorry to bother you, chief, but we had a little disturbance in the dolly works!"]
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22.
[Checking Under the Covers]
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23.
["Home wrecker!"]
Symbolic Sex -
24.
["Taylor Street? Gee, I dunno ..."]
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25.
["I said, 'Question period over'!"]
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26.
["Here's an honest one: It says, 'Wanted: colored college graduate to sit at conspicuous desk in front office of large, hypocritical corporation. $250 per month.'"]
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27.
["Oh, God! It's really been one of those days!"]
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28.
["There's a young lady in it!"]
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29.
[Firearms Bumper Sticker]
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30.
["I suppose we're going to have to put up with that dirty snicker for the whole damn year!"]
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31.
["I was thinking ... uh ... Dow Chemical."]
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32.
["I know they're littler than we are, but that means they can HIDE better."]
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33.
["Ho, ho, ho ... you're all busted!"]
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34.
["Don't take any prisoners—I have just enough for us."]
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35.
["Freud? Jung? Bah! I'm a De Sade man."]
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36.
["There are certain rumors going around about you, Knut."]
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37.
["Herbert, this is Mr. Bagwell, my attorney. We want our alimony."]
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38.
[For Your Dog]
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39.
["This isn't Shakespeare—but I like it!"]
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40.
["For all I know, you're not from the gas company at all, but a cruel sex maniac intent on taking advantage of the defenseless housewife who's alone in the house and will be for several hours."]
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41.
[Santa and Guru]
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42.
["There goes a VERY sincere individual!!"]
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43.
["For a brief moment, I thought we were witnessing the bright new dawn of a literary renaissance."]
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44.
["Hi! Mind if I join you? I'm the fighting priest who isn't afraid to talk to the young. Maybe you read about me in LOOK."]
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45.
["Poor kids! I understand EVERYTHING in their new apartment was faulty and called back."]
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46.
["Caldwell, here, may well have the answer to 'After Pop Art, What?'!"]
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47.
[Headless Men in Hall of Fame]
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48.
["You call that DIRTY?"]
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49.
["I've never read anything quite so moving, and I urge you to accept this offer to merge with Amalgamated Industries."]
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50.
["He was tall, dark, and inexperienced."]
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51.
["Well ... it all started when I was just a kid ... a bunch of us were playing and one of them said, 'Hey—let's play doctor' ..."]
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52.
["In the area of personality, I feel that you as the father can play a particularly key role, with man-to-man talks and an occasional shot to the head."]
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53.
["Edgar, I sense we're drifting apart ..."]
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54.
["You certainly look different without your dictation pad, Miss Bloom."]
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