Lászlo Roth: Still More Esquire Cartoons

The third and final installment of Lászlo Roth's 1950s color cartoons from Esquire once again shows the artist mixing his media and playing with collage. Roth's approach is fairly uncommon and may have been an attempt to define a distinctive visual style for himself. Once again, Jeff Nelson has provided the images.

"Darling, may I drag you home?"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, September 1955, page 89

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson

"Pop, can I have the camel tonight?"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, June 1956, page 122

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson

Camel Crossing
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, August 1956, page 60

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson

Pepito's Steakhouse
Freshly Killed Beef Daily
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, June 1957, page 117

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson

Pages from Esquire Classic:

Note:  I offer my thanks once again to Jeff Nelson for furnishing us with the images of Lászlo Roth's cartoons from Esquire. This is the fifth blog post to benefit from his efforts.

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Lászlo Roth: More Esquire Cartoons

This week we have seen a single example of artist Lászlo Roth's work as a New Yorker spot illustrator dating from the 1970s. We have also seen a trio of his color Esquire cartoons published in the 1950s. Jeff Nelson has now come forward with four more of Roth's Esquire cartoons, each published in 1955. As with the cartoons shown in yesterday's post, they make use of a variety of unusual media and include elements of collage.

"Boss, everybody in the office chipped in so you could get a little practice. . . just in case!"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, February 1955, page 63

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson

"Will you stop drawing all over the wall!"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, April 1955, page 74

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson

"Furthermore, an apple a day keeps the doctor away!"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, May 1955, page 72

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson

"Bwango takes his wife everywhere[.]"
Lászlo Roth
Esquire, August 1955, page 60

Image courtesy of Jeff Nelson

Spread views from Esquire Classic:

Note:  Once again I want to thank Jeff Nelson for providing the images by Lászlo Roth from Esquire magazine.

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Sofia Alvarez Rojo's Birds of a Feather

Many children's book illustrators donated original works to the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression. This mixed media work of birds, or at least their heads, by Sofia Alvarez Rojo is currently being offered at auction on eBay. Bidding ends very early Saturday morning.

Sofia Alvarez Rojo, Mixed Media

Image added May 25, 2013

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Sofia-Alvarez-Rojo-ORIGINAL-art-/281107427568?pt=Art_Paintings&hash=item41734ef0f0

Sofia Alvarez Rojo, Mixed Media

Note:  Original book illustration art from Little Fish by Ramsey Beyer can be found here.

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