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(27) Cuties. "It's a quiz show. They want to know which has the worst temper, blondes or redheads. You answer him, dearie; you've been both!"
November 2, 1952.
Watercolor over graphite underdrawing.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-05869 (27)
Well known for his appealing drawings of beautiful, long-legged women, E. Simms Campbell (1906-1971), in this cartoon, captures two equally attractive young women. The brown-haired beauty hands the phone to her red-haired cohort, telling her that she is best qualified to answer a quiz show question comparing redheads to blondes because "you've been both." A brilliant, pioneering African American illustrator and cartoonist, Campbell launched his own feature, Cuties, for King Features Syndicate in the 1930s and published work in mainstream publications such as Judge, Esquire, Cosmopolitan, the Saturday Evening Post, and Playboy. |