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Sunday, August 6, 2017

Doug's Website: Redesigned - Up and Running Now

Doug's website - dougsneyd.com - has been redesigned so check it out now for new available Playboy cartoon originals as well as links to both this blog and the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:


In addition, there are links for purchasing The Art of Doug Sneyd and Secret Sneyd:  The Unpublished Cartoons of Doug Sneyd; both hardcover books were published by Dark Horse Books, the third-largest comics publisher in the U.S.

Doug will also personalize copies of Unpublished Sneyd with a black and white profile sketch (on the Introduction page) of a classic Sneyd girl-next-door; see a sample sketch on the website link to Books.

We're very pleased with the website redesign; thank you, Chris!!!

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy August 1996 Issue: Doug's Cartoon, Final Pencil Rough

caption:  "I don't date athletes.  They're only interested in beating their best time."  


Although many artists work with graphics programs, all of Doug's full-page color cartoons, published in Playboy since the early 1960s, were done by hand, including loose-style gag roughs sent to Hef for cartoon meetings and preliminary development pencil/color roughs.

Part of this process also meant he might "overlay" changes by cutting out a piece of paper, gluing it down and then drawing over it.


Doug's August 1996 full-page color cartoon was published on p. 73.


To see more available Playboy originals and preliminary pencil/color roughs, visit the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:


(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Doug's Cartoons in 1972 Artists and Models Playboy Paperback

In 1972, Playboy Press published Artists and Models; three of Doug's full-page color Playboy cartoons were reproduced in the 128-page paperback:

• p. 13:  December 1965 issue, p. 285 - also reproduced on p. 132 of The Art of Doug Sneyd 

caption:  "Now I have a confession to make ---I'm not really a model."

• p. 79:  October 1968 issue, p. 89 - also reproduced on p. 134 in The Art of Doug Sneyd

caption:  "Well, now, that's the kind of art form I'd like to get into."

• p. 116:  June 1969 issue, p. 145 - also reproduced on p. 133 of The Art of Doug Sneyd

caption:  "If there are no more finishing touches, I've got housework to do."


To see more of Doug's available Playboy originals, visit www.dougsneyd.com or the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:


(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Playboy Gag Rough Rejects - Enjoy!





To see available Playboy originals and preliminary pencil and color roughs as well as loose-style gag roughs, visit the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:


(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)


1977 Cartoons: You & Your Office

In 1977, a Toronto ad agency commissioned cartoons for the lead article in You & Your Office
a monthly news bulletin published for clients of Y&R Properties Limited, Developers/Owners/Managers of Toronto commercial buildings.


May 1977 

"We ran short of office space."





July 1977

"Is this the place that's been complainin' about the air conditionin'?" 



(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

1968 Cartoon Album 2: Doug's Cartoons

The 192-page Cartoon Album 2, published in 1968, featured 2 of Doug's full-page color Playboy cartoons.




• (p. 35) "He wants to know if we make deliveries."

published in the September 1964, p. 205, issue of Playboy and reproduced in The Art of Doug Sneyd, p. 71; the 248-page hardcover book - now also available in a softcover edition, was published by Dark Horse Books in July 2011 and nominated in 2012 for an Eisner Award in the Best Humor Publication category.

• (p. 94) "Well, I won't be bothering you and Pop with any more embarrassing questions."

published in the February 1965, p. 105, issue of Playboy and reproduced in The Art of Doug Sneyd, p. 156


To see more available original artwork, Playboy cartoons and pencil and color preliminary roughs, visit the Doug Sneyd Premium Gallery at:


(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)