(It may have also inspired a scene in Joe Dante’s Gremlins.) It’s a thrill for me, after thirty years of patiently waiting, to get it and share it with you all. It’s my favorite Gahan Wilson drawing, and I once read its Wilson’s favorite of his own work, as well. Well, thanks to some info I found in the Fantagraphics book and American men’s long-standing obsession with holding onto their Playboys for decades and ebay, I was able to get the cartoon below– the legendary “Miss Emmy” drawing–from its original source: Playboy’s October, 1964 issue. Sadly, when printed in black and white, this can significantly minimize the impact. And Wilson’s use of color is very unique: he doesn’t favor vibrant colors, per se, as much as muting them under layers of heavy dark strokes and crosshatches. 1 The book’s biggest drawback, however, is that it’s in black and white, whereas any of its full-page cartoons were originally published in Playboy in full color. Lord knows it had a positive effect on my life.
That was one of the first collections of Wilson’s cartoons, and I gather it’s his most influential and most popular book. Wilson’s website has been fastidiously cataloguing all of his artwork, and for about $1.25 a month, you can have full access to it.īack in the early 80s, I was lucky enough to get exposed to aforementioned I Paint What I See. (It also has every article and short story he contributed to Playboy, too.) Reason #1 it’s a good time to be a fan: Fantagraphics just published the gorgeous Fifty Years of Playboy Cartoons, which is exactly what it claims to be: well over 1000 cartoons he’s done for the magazine since 1957. And if that doesn’t explain him, then just take a look at the cover of his 1971 book, I Paint What I See. To the uninitiated, he’s one of a dozen or so very important cartoonist/humorists who helped shape the perception of morbidity in the 60s and 70s. Right now, it’s a great time to be a fan-new or old-of the artwork of Gahan Wilson. (After yesterday’s bitchfest, I decided today to send a valentine-albeit a gruesome one.)
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