06.27.07 5:00 AM CDT
• Here at Playboy
• Matt DeMazza
Our cartoon coordinator Jennifer Thiele fondly remembers a true great:
It is with great sadness that we learn of the passing of cartoonist J.B. Handelsman.
Bud, as he liked to be called, had a long-standing relationship with Playboy. We published nearly 400 of his cartoons, with the first appearing in the September 1965 issue and the latest in the July 2007 issue.
The majority of Bud’s cartoons deliver profound political and social statements. He tackled heavy subject matter with cynicism and humor creating drawings with an almost minimalist line and wash, as well as in glorious color. Click below to see examples of his work.
We will miss him very much.
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Comments on this entry:
I see J.B. Handelsman's work everyday because I have my 1970 January issue with the Raquel Welch interview at the table where I have my cup of coffee each morning. I like the one where a man is getting ready to pounce on his wife wearing a funny get up and it simply says below "So this is love..."
He was like a Charles Addams and totally unique. Sorry for your loss, he will be missed by millions.
-Amanda Casabianca