Peter Arno's Side-Show for November 1936

Chances are, if you didn't catch Peter Arno's "Side-Show" cartoon feature when it first appeared in the November 1936 issue of College Humor, you didn't get a second chance. Until now, that is.

"Here's a hot one, lambie—'Dear sir: As an old friend, I feel it my duty to warn
you to keep an eye on your new chauffeur.'"
Peter Arno
College Humor, November 1936, p. 18

"Now?"
"She keeps asking for you! She's delirious."
Peter Arno
College Humor, November 1936, p. 19

Peter Arno's "Side-Show"
College Humor, November 1936, pp. 18-19

The original College Humor artwork for that third cartoon appeared on a contact sheet prepared by the Nicholls Gallery back in 1985.

"She keeps asking for you!  She's delirious."
November 1936

Note:  I'd like to hear from the current owners of Peter Arno's original art for College Humor. Now? Yes, now.

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Peter Arno's Side-Show for November 1937

There was quite a bit of hanky-panky taking place in Peter Arno's trio of cartoons published in College Humor's issue of November 1937. The drawings appeared, of course, in the popular cartoonist's regular "Side-Show" feature. Arno's deft depictions of all those well-dressed (and well-underdressed) grown-ups misbehaving seemed to keep that young college crowd perpetually entertained. Go figure.

"There must be some mistake, sir! The charge here is for crêpes suzettes!"               "This Miss Maxwell, sir—Shall we send her a thank-you note?"
                                                                                                                   "Why, Hartley—you're jealous!"
Peter Arno
College Humor, November 1937

Note:  Of the 600 million-odd blogs in the world, this is the only one which regularly seeks out cartoonist Peter Arno's mid-1930s work that appeared in the magazine College Humor. That's an oversight on those other blogs' part, I'm sure. Needless to say, submissions of other obscure Arno works are always welcome here. I might even send contributors a thank-you note.

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Reamer Keller in College Humor, September 1937

Cartoonist Reamer Keller had but one gag in the September 1937 issue of College Humor. It's good to know when it's okay to break the rules.

"Don't pay any attention to that—my husband's a traffic cop."
Reamer Keller
College Humor, Vol. 6, No. 1, September 1937, page 40

Note:  This is the 45th post to arise from my storied visit to Columbia University on March 10, 2016. The 1937 College Humor issue referenced here is one of more than 5,600 magazines in the Steven Boss humor magazine collection at the Butler Library. I photographed it in the Rare Book and Manuscript Library, doing a little something I call research. The Butler Library is at present closed until further notice, but when it does reopen, Curator for Comics and Cartoons Karen Green can direct interested parties to exactly where all the good stuff is kept.

By the way, more College Humor work by Reamer Keller would be welcome in my inbox. In the meantime, I'll share what I've found on my own.


External Links:

Stripper's Guide:  "Reamer Keller, Portsmouth Gift To The Pen-And-Ink Brigade, Tells How" by Wayne Paulson (Portsmouth Times, October 24, 1937)

Daily Reamer

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives:

Reamer Keller

College Humor

Attempted Bloggery's Index Includes Free Parking

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E. Simms Campbell: What's Good Enough for Dear Old Charlie

Why have a caption if the speaker is otherwise engaged and can't possibly say it? E. Simms Campbell's cartoon from the October 1961 issue of Playboy contains a lengthy block of caption that is unsayable under the circumstances depicted until this couple comes up for air. It would also be an incredibly foolish thing to say, reminding an adulteress of her spouse's goodness. The magazine's message, apparently, is that the girl next door is attractive and available, regardless of her marital status. The perspective here seems a bit troubling, particularly of that oddly-tilted lunette meant to frame the couple's heads and the inexplicably-curved base of the wall below it. Most likely none of this mattered to dear old Hugh Hefner or the Playboy reader.

E. Simms Campbell
"You're my best friend's wife—and what's good enough for dear old Charlie is good enough for me."
Original art
Playboy, October 1961, page 76

E. Simms Campbell
Christie's Sale 2367, The Year of the Rabbit:  The Playboy Collection, Lot 29
New York, December 8, 2010

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot_details.aspx?intObjectID=5395451&lid=1

Note:  Attempted Bloggery is looking at the work of cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971). I seek scans or photographs from readers and their best friends' wives of original Campbell art or rare published works not already available on the internet.

External Links:

E. Simms Campbell's Wikipedia Entry

E. Simms Campbell on Ink Spill

E. Simms Campbell in Christopher Wheeler's Cartoon(ist) Gallery 

E. Simms Campbell in Print: Insider Histories: Black Cartoonist E. Simms Campbell. Robert C. Harvey intervied by Michael Dooley. March 3, 2015

E. Simms Campbell on We Too Were Children, Mr. Barrie. October 6, 2012

E. Simms Campbell at American Art Archives

E. Simms Campbell on Eli Stein Cartoons.com:  "We All Have to Start Somewhere" Department. Case in Point No. 15. September 6, 2011

E. Simms Campbell in Potrzebie. October 10, 2007

Quick Links to the Attempted Bloggery Archives

E. Simms Campbell

Playboy

Attempted Bloggery's Good Enough Index

Attempted Bloggery Supports Net Neutrality

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