After a lengthy review and appraisal process, Library and Archives Canada (LAC), formerly the National Archives of Canada, recently notified Doug that it has accepted his donation of 6 full-page color cartoons published in Playboy.
In addition to nearly 250 of Doug's book and magazine illustrations and syndicated news-editorial cartoons, there are now 36 of his Playboy full-page color cartoons (with accompanying preliminary pencil and color roughs) in the LAC Preservation Centre in Gatineau, which is about 7 miles away from the Ottawa headquarters. Previous Playboy donations were 12 in 1997, 12 in 1999 and 6 in 2007/2008.
The recent donation includes:
• "What I really want to do is direct."
July 2002, p. 77, Playboy - also reproduced in The Art of Doug Sneyd, p. 126
• "Well, your singing was off-key, but I really like the big finish."
January 2004, p. 141 Playboy - also reproduced in The Art of Doug Sneyd, p. 215
• "I knew you had an Extreme Makeover, but my God, Harold!"
February 2005, p. 114 Playboy - also reproduced in The Art of Doug Sneyd, p. 122
• "I've had it up to here with him. Not that I'm complaining."
September 2007, p. 103 Playboy
• "It was a lovely wedding. Shirley caught the bouquet and I caught the best man."
July 2008, p. 91 Playboy
• "It looks like another hit for the Food Channel."
May 2010, p. 43
Playboy - also reproduced in
The Art of Doug Sneyd, p. 122
The Art of Doug Sneyd, published by
Dark Horse Books in July 2011, is a 248-page hardcover book featuring 270 of Doug's full-page color cartoons published in
Playboy since the early 1960s. It was also a 2012 Eisner Award nominee in the Best Humor Publication category.
The hardcover, as well as a softcover edition, can be purchased at:
(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)
