Men of all sizes, shapes, ages, and incomes are rendered helpless before the beautiful women of cartoonist E. Simms Campbell. Two full-page cartoons from the October 1953 issue of Esquire show the cartoonist in top form as an illustrator, but the captions deliver less punch than one might hope for. The first, in black and white, depicts a secretary in the lap of her boss, who is old enough to be her father—or is it grandfather? She may be young, but she knows how to parse words like an attorney. The second cartoon, in color, is an example of the "Harem Girls," at this point a twenty-year feature in the magazine, although the women haven't aged a day. The women languish silent in their passivity and are unfazed even with the U.S. Navy in port.
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
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| E. Simms Campbell "But I don't want security—I want to get married!" Esquire, October 1953, page 97 |
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| E. Simms Campbell "And whose little boy are you?" Esquire, October 1953, page 115 |
Note: Attempted Bloggery has been looking at the work of cartoonist E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971). Readers are asked to provide high-resolution scans or photos of original Campbell art or perhaps of forgotten published works such as these.
Is there more Campbell art in this issue of Esquire? Send me a scan or two and I'll add them to the mix.
Is there more Campbell art in this issue of Esquire? Send me a scan or two and I'll add them to the mix.
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 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
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