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Sunday, December 20, 2015

Unpublished Holiday Favorites: Playboy Gag Rough Rejects

Happy Holidays!

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Doug's Christmas Cartoons: December 2010 Issue

Doug's full-page color cartoon was published on p. 77 of the December 2010 issue of Playboy.

caption: "Not bad---I'd suggest a threesome."

Notice changes Doug made from the approved gag rough to the published original.

Doug had a second cartoon published in the Christmas compilation, pp. 102-103 - Classic Cartoons of Christmas Past.

caption: "I'd like to see Miss December . . . I'm Mr. December."

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Cover of the December 2010 issue.

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Burghley House

Continuing on with our 2-week tour of English castles and palaces, we visited Burghley House, near Stamford in Lincolnshire. The 13,000-acre working estate has been the home of the Cecil family for over 400 years.

Despite being one of England's greatest Elizabethan houses, visitors will see a number of contemporary sculptures (this was at the Visitor Entrance/Brewhouse Centre) in the property's permanent collection.

The entrance to the state rooms is directly behind this tree in the courtyard.

The tour of 18 state rooms begins in the Tudor kitchen.

Turtle soup may not be on many menus today, but it must have been popular at Burghley House from the display of the turtle skulls in the kitchen.

Visitors will see a wonderful private collection of 17th century Italian paintings, 18th century furniture and wood carvings, and Japanese ceramics.

(blog entries by Heidi Hutson)

Sunday, December 13, 2015

New Loose-Style 10 x 14 Original

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December 1997, p. 125 Playboy Cartoon: Changes in Preliminary Roughs

I thought visitors to the blog would be interested to see changes, especially to the man's attire, Doug made from a pencil rough to the color rough and then the original.

caption: "We just sing carols, Mister. We don't do extras."

size of pencil rough: 6" x 8" on heavy tracing vellum

size of color rough: 7" x 9 1/2" on 140 lbs hot press watercolor paper

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Sandringham: Queen's Norfolk Home

The Sandringham Estate sits on nearly 60 acres and has been the private home of 4 generations of the British royal family. It first opened to the public in 1977; the Vistor Centre has a restaurant, gift shop and plant/gardening center.

Before beginning our visit, we stopped at the War Memorial.

St. Mary Magdalene's Church, a parish church that dates back to the 16th century.

Princess Charlotte of Cambridge was christened here on July 5, 2015; her late grandmother Princess Diana was also baptized here.

Memorials to many members and relations of the royal family are in the church and churchyard.

There are 2 nature trails (1 mile and 2 miles) in the woodland setting.

The house, with exceptions, is open from April to October as the British royal family still live in it when they are in Norfolk.

In fact, the Queen hosts Christmas at Sandringham. On December 25th, the royal family attends an 11 a.m. service at St. Mary Magdalene's Church, followed by a lunch - finished in time so everyone, including the Queen, can watch her annual Christmas message on TV at 3 p.m.