A little more on the insight to this cartoon . . I think, actually, there were TWO reasons . . one of the reasons this cartoon was picked ( by the then Cartoon Editor , Joe Brooks ) is that Bob Guccione ( The founder and titular head of the Penthouse empire ) was estranged from one of his sons . . they had not spoken or communicated with each other for years, ever since the big flare-up resulting from 1. ) A cover for SPIN mag which his son created with the help of his Dad was published without the alleged approval of Bob, which was the alleged agreement, and 2. ) They ( Penthouse ) WERE trying to make some changes in their cartoon pics., even though it was late, And actually there might be a third reason . . The son had allegedly told Bob that the magazine was going down the wrong path way back when Bob decided to go raunchier . . he even said something like, if that's what they want, let's give it to them . . this was when the internet was just beginning to make inroads into " porn" and "soft porn" markets which really was starting to hurt the male " girlie " magazines, the few that were left . . This advice came after the son had graduated from a prestigious ivy league school where he had majored on journalism, communications, etc.,
I can see how Bob was a little miffed by the young squirt telling the master how to run his business . .
Bob Guccione, who early in his career had aspirations of becoming a cartoonist, I think, could take a joke, and the gag maybe is something that he could relate to . . This is all conjecture on my part . .
After graduating from Tucson High School in 1953 I attended the Billy Hon School of Cartooning in Los Angeles.
I then joined the U.S. Marines for four years, and ended up in Washington, D.C..
After getting honourably discharged, I enrolled at the Corcoran School of Art where I studied figure drawing.
In 1976 I founded and was CEO of a 34 man sign company specializing in Trade Show Decorations, Exhibits and Signage for the largest 100 Associations in the U.S. We later expanded and added an electrical sign division where we designed and manufactured electrical signs for many Fortune 500 companies.
The company was sold in 2oo2. I now draw cartoons passionately full-time from my mountain-top home and studio in wild & wonderful West Virginia.
My cartoons have appeared regularly in the Wall Street Journal, Barron's, Harvard Business Review, Reader's Digest, etc. and recently Playboy magazine where Mr. Hefner just purchased 15 colour cartoons in May and June of 2007.
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To Nick and Bathmate:
A little more on the insight to this cartoon . . I think, actually, there were TWO reasons . . one of the reasons this cartoon was picked ( by the then Cartoon Editor , Joe Brooks ) is that Bob Guccione ( The founder and titular head of the Penthouse empire ) was estranged from one of his sons . . they had not spoken or communicated with each other for years, ever since the big flare-up resulting from 1. ) A cover for SPIN mag which his son created with the help of his Dad was published without the alleged approval of Bob, which was the alleged agreement, and 2. ) They ( Penthouse ) WERE trying to make some changes in their cartoon pics., even though it was late, And actually there might be a third reason . . The son had allegedly told Bob that the magazine was going down the wrong path way back when Bob decided to go raunchier . . he even said something like, if that's what they want, let's give it to them . . this was when the internet was just beginning to make inroads into " porn" and "soft porn" markets which really was starting to hurt the male " girlie " magazines, the few that were left . . This advice came after the son had graduated from a prestigious ivy league school where he had majored on journalism, communications, etc.,
I can see how Bob was a little miffed by the young squirt telling the master how to run his business . .
Bob Guccione, who early in his career had aspirations of becoming a cartoonist, I think, could take a joke, and the gag maybe is something that he could relate to . .
This is all conjecture on my part . .
Thanks for your copmments,
Roy
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