The first book signed and inscribed by cartoonist Michael ffolkes (1925-1988) ever to appear on this blog comes from the library of Playboy founder and publisher Hugh Hefner. Playboy published ffolkes's work regularly. The 1985 paperback, ffundamental ffolkes, is subtitled An Autobiography. On the basis of the cover illustration, it appears to be an unusual one. Ffolkes was the pen name of Brian Davis. Perhaps inevitably, the inscription begins, "ffor Hef..."
Michael who? Compared with "Hef," the cartoonist barely registers on Google's n-gram viewer.
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Michael who? Compared with "Hef," the cartoonist barely registers on Google's n-gram viewer.
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| N-gram: Michael ffolkes and Hugh Hefner |
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