

This is part of the Roy Raymonde preliminary series for Playboy Magazine between 1972 - 2002 and comes from the private collection that has been kept in Roy's studio until now. Roy's old art studio address is on the back of the artwork as they were sent to the cartoon Editor, Michelle Urry, in the USA for selection before being sent back to the UK. The painting is signed 'Raymonde Rough' in Indain Ink - Roy's preferred medium for his cartoons. To relive some of those times, adults can go to the Playboy tags at The Magic Whistle."Clive, honey - did you ever hear the expression 'Good wine needs no bush'?" - Caption by Roy and written in pencil.

And hundreds more like Shel Silverstein, Arnold Roth, Kurtzman and Elder, Jules Feifffer. Wilson, Roy Raymonde, Al Stine, Jack Cole, Bo Brown, E. Miller, Erich Sokol, Phil Interlandi, Eldon Dedini, Edmond Kiraz, Dean Yeagle, Gahan Wilson, Dink Siegel, Rowland B.

In spite of their appalling treatment of the magazine cartoon in the recent past, the magazine does deserve a to be honored for the decades under Hugh Hefner’s reign when the cartoons were an integral part of the operation.ĭoug Sneyd, John Dempsey, Charles W. But the days of Hefner and the magazine’s devotion to cartooning are long past, as are the days of Playboy cartoons. Hat tip to Michael Maslin.Īt one time this would have been major cartooning news, as Playboy was one of the top echelon markets for cartoonists. But it does intend to bring some kind of a print product back into the fold next year, Kohn said in his note. Playboy will now operate on a “digital first publishing schedule,” the company said, including its famed Playmate shoots. newsstands and as a digital download this week, will be our final printed publication for the year in the U.S.” “We have decided that our Spring 2020 Issue, which arrives on U.S. After its Spring 2020 issue Playboy magazine will stop printing regular editions in the U.S.
