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Secret Sneyd: The Unpublished Cartoons of Doug Sneyd
Veteran artist Doug Sneyd presents a collection of unpublished cartoon concepts created throughout his career with Playboy magazine. This novelty book is packed from end to end with one-liners and pretty girls--funny, charming, and risqué jokes, each one full of all the life and expression that only a master artist can impart with a few strokes of the pen and brush!
For over fifty years Doug Sneyd has been a regular contributor to Playboy, and for every cartoon published in the magazine, he created several more illustrated concepts with gag lines written by himself or by his own stable of witty writers. Collected here are over 250 of the very finest, funniest, and most clever previously unpublished gags, chosen from thousands submitted to Playboy since the early 1960s.
For over fifty years Doug Sneyd has been a regular contributor to Playboy, and for every cartoon published in the magazine, he created several more illustrated concepts with gag lines written by himself or by his own stable of witty writers. Collected here are over 250 of the very finest, funniest, and most clever previously unpublished gags, chosen from thousands submitted to Playboy since the early 1960s.
- GenresHumorGraphic Novels
272 pages, Hardcover
First published April 18, 2017
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About the author
Doug Sneyd
5 booksDoug Sneyd was a Canadian cartoonist, known for his work for newspapers and magazines, among them Playboy.
Sneyd was born in Guelph, one of seven siblings. He took the Famous Artists drawing correspondence course. After graduation, he worked as a commercial and portrait artist in Montreal and Toronto and contributed as a freelance artist for magazines and textbooks, and then for newspapers such as The Toronto Star.
In 1963 he went to Chicago to show his portfolio to the editors of Playboy; hoping to do illustrations for them, he was asked to do gag cartoons. Sneyd objected at first but accepted upon learning cartoonists were very well-paid. He drew more than 450 cartoons for the magazine, until 2016.
He also drew syndicated editorial cartoons and the comic strip SCOOPS for newspapers in Canada and the U.S., and illustrated children's books. In 1969, he moved with his family to Orillia. He is a founding member of the Canadian Society of Book Illustrators and a member of the National Cartoonists Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. In 1993 he wrote, produced, and directed Black Eyed Susan, an educational short film about domestic violence for the government of Ontario.
Sneyd was born in Guelph, one of seven siblings. He took the Famous Artists drawing correspondence course. After graduation, he worked as a commercial and portrait artist in Montreal and Toronto and contributed as a freelance artist for magazines and textbooks, and then for newspapers such as The Toronto Star.
In 1963 he went to Chicago to show his portfolio to the editors of Playboy; hoping to do illustrations for them, he was asked to do gag cartoons. Sneyd objected at first but accepted upon learning cartoonists were very well-paid. He drew more than 450 cartoons for the magazine, until 2016.
He also drew syndicated editorial cartoons and the comic strip SCOOPS for newspapers in Canada and the U.S., and illustrated children's books. In 1969, he moved with his family to Orillia. He is a founding member of the Canadian Society of Book Illustrators and a member of the National Cartoonists Society and the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. In 1993 he wrote, produced, and directed Black Eyed Susan, an educational short film about domestic violence for the government of Ontario.
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April 14, 2018
A necessary read for any Sneyd fan. It shows his process well, and delivers the jokes rapid-fire.
February 12, 2025
Doug Sneyd's cartoons were a mainstay in Playboy for decades. This book collects rejected ideas that are in various stages of production. It's interesting in that it shows some of the process that Sneyd went through in producing the panels. And, honestly, a lot of these cartoons are darn funny and one wonders why they weren't published. With others you absolutely do understand why they weren't. Not that there are any actual stinkers, but the cartoons run the gamut from very funny to a grudging shrug. But the combination of the look in to the process and a passel of funny gag cartoons makes this a must have.
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