Here are some of the cartoons from 1950’s artist Virgil Partch‘s book Wild Wild Women. These hilarious, whimsical and wonderfully naughty cartoons remind me of an edgier James Thurber.
The ASIFA- Hollwood says this about Virgil’s work: “Throughout the 50s, he published small collections of his cartoons, grouped by themes. “Bottle Fatigue” dealt with the spell of alcohol, “Here We Go Again” was a collection of cartoons dealing with Army life, and “Wild, Wild Women” and “Man The Beast” dealt with the battle between the sexes. Partch’s cartoons are absurd, visually delightful and wicked. Most of all, they are unique.”
Heidi MacDonald of The Beat (http://pwbeat.publishersweekly.com/blog/) turned me on to the A-HAA a little while ago. After your Endicott post yesterday, I had windows up all afternoon!
It’s long been one of my favorite archives and I visit them regularly. Just the collections from the Golden Age of Illustration alone are breath taking….but that they keep adding to the collection! Oh bliss…plan this year on finally sending in a donation to the guys for all their hard work.
I have a copy of this book, first published in Britain in 1952 by Dennis Dobson Ltd. I look at it every now and then, and there is a whimsy to the illustrations which seems very fey now
William: How lucky you are! I love these illustrations — very whimsical indeed and the humor is so gentle, something out of the heyday of Allen and Gracie with a bit of Thurber rolled in. I love the drawings too because after almost forty years of marriage I find them a wonderful expression of the loving tension that exists between couples…where the battles are intended to be won, but enjoyed as harmless fun.