This past July 10, Heritage Auctions sold an original Playboy cartoon by Rowland B. Wilson. The stamps and printer's markings indicate it was published in the magazine. The full page cartoon demonstrates Wilson's skill as a draftsman and watercolorist, as well as his penchant for dramatic, low angles. But the humor comes from the contrast of the unsophisticated, dying, older man summing up the political situation with contemporary academic jargon. My only quibble is the use of the word aborigines in the setting of the American Old West. It feels wrong, even by the standards of 1975.
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| "The way I figure it, captain, the aborigines sense an acute infringement of their territorial imperative and are retaliating with aggressive anti-establishment behavior!" Rowland B. Wilson Original art Playboy, c. 1975 |
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| ". . . retailing with aggressive anti-establishment behavior?" Rowland B. Wilson Heritage Auctions item description |
Note: Was this cartoon art actually published? It was. I can't find it anywhere, but that doesn't mean much. Heritage couldn't locate it either, designating it only "HMH"—for Hugh M. Hefner—"c. 1975." So I'll put it to the readership: When did this cartoon by Rowland B. Wilson appear in Playboy magazine? Kindly site chapter and verse. Please send a scan or photo of the spread as well, and I don't mean the centerfold.
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