# Trying to find a Nudie Magazine cartoonist **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 12, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763 "2024-06-12T03:07:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/1 "2024-06-12T03:07:01Z")
I’ve been trying to locate information about a cartoonist whose work appeared in nudie magazines circa late 1950s-early 1960s. 1.) The artist’s name is Lartiguw (that’s how he signed the cartoon – a one-page gag panel). It’s not Hubert Lartigue, who was born in 1973, and thus too late to be the guy I’m looking for. Nor is it Jacques-Henri Lartigue, a photographer and painter (but not cartoonist) active mainly in the 1920s and 1930s. Those are the only “Lartigues” to come up in internet searches. 2.) The magazine was not a major one like Playboy. There’s no name on the existing page (which does not appear to have been cut out). The pages are also much smaller than most of the “gentlemen’s: magazines I’ve seen – the page is smaller than a standard 8.5” x 11" sheet of paper. It’s maybe 7" x 9" 3.) Nevertheless, the page I have is a “gatefold” (centerfold), obviously copying Playboy’s. 4.) The style of the photography and page layout and the conspicuous absence of pubic hair dates this to about 1960 plus or minus five years. Does anybody have a clue to who the cartoonist might be, or which magazine this is? I’ve tried various searches, with no success. I can’t find anything that tells me the sizes of the men’s magazines, which would narrow the field down. ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/2 "2024-06-12T03:14:13Z")
Was the subject of the cartoon Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or just plain erotic? Was it cartoony or more on the realistic side? ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/3 "2024-06-12T03:32:54Z")
Try a Google reverse image search of the cartoon, and on just the signature. Are you absolutely sure of the spelling? – Lots of signatures are much deteriorated from the penmanship we learned in elementary school. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 4:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/4 "2024-06-12T04:33:13Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Are you absolutely sure of the spelling? – Absolutely. It was printed in clear block letters. And being from possibly the late 1950s, it might well be from before I learned penmanship in elementary school. > [@](#): > > Was the subject of the cartoon Sci-Fi, Fantasy, or just plain erotic? Was it cartoony or more on the realistic side? “realistic” cartoony, simple erotic by implication. No nudity ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/5 "2024-06-12T06:42:06Z")
I thought this was a job offer. ---
**Author:** ![Melbourne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5e925/32.png) [@Melbourne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Melbourne)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/6 "2024-06-12T11:26:04Z")
Hubert De Lartigue ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/7 "2024-06-12T11:47:50Z")
Could the w in Lartiguw been an e turned on its back? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/8 "2024-06-12T11:58:53Z")
> [@Melbourne](#): > > Hubert De Lartigue 1. Go back to the OP and re-read it 2. Then coime back with a new suggestion ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 11:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/9 "2024-06-12T11:59:19Z")
> [@PastTense](#): > > Try a Google reverse image search of the cartoon, and on just the signature. How do I do this? ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 12:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/10 "2024-06-12T12:01:22Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > Could the w in Lartiguw been an e turned on its back? 1. No 2. Do you know of a cartoonist named “Lartiguw”? Because I don’t turn one up with a search. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/11 "2024-06-12T12:07:04Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@PastTense](#): > > > > Try a Google reverse image search of the cartoon, and on just the signature. > > How do I do this? Try [tineye.com](http://tineye.com). ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/12 "2024-06-12T12:26:30Z")
Thanks. Now I have to go back and find the original cartoon (I don’t have a copy of it) and scan it in. I’;d look it up online, but I haven’t been able to find a copy. If I could, I’d probably know where it came from. ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 12:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/13 "2024-06-12T12:36:35Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > How do I do this? If you are on a desktop/full browser, go to Google Images and click on the camera icon. Upload the image for a search. If you are on a phone, you’ll need to switch the browser to desktop mode. But jf you are on a phone you can search directly using your camera and Google Lens. That’s Android, of course, there’s probably something similar on iDevices. ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 1:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/14 "2024-06-12T13:07:31Z")
> [@CalMeacham](#): > > > [@PastTense](#): > > > > Try a Google reverse image search of the cartoon, and on just the signature. > > How do I do this? If you’re on Chrome, there’s a plugin which will run any image through all major search engines simultaneously. > **[Search by Image](https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/search-by-image/cnojnbdhbhnkbcieeekonklommdnndci?hl=en)** > > A powerful reverse image search tool, with support for various search engines, such as Google, Bing, Yandex, Baidu and TinEye. Install, right click on an image, then hit Search by Image to open its menu. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/15 "2024-06-12T17:52:59Z")
No, I got the same search results. I was wondering if this could have been a Tijuana Bible, but those were made in the 30’s. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 6:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/16 "2024-06-12T18:19:24Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I was wondering if this could have been a Tijuana Bible, but those were made in the 30’s. Definitely not. I’ve seen those – they’re really small, printed on cheap paper, and black and white. This was a page from a glossy color magazine. The cartoon was colored, and the nude photography on the other side was in color, too. It was undersized, as I say – not as large as Playboy or Penthouse or Gent or Rogue. The page measured maybe 7" x 9" (Tijuana bibles were a LOT smaller than that) ---
**Author:** ![Vlad\_Igor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/7feea3/32.png) [@Vlad\_Igor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vlad_Igor)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/17 "2024-06-12T19:23:46Z")
Adam magazine measures 8.25 by 10.5 inches, and goes back to at least 1964. ---
**Author:** ![Dorjan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dorjan/32/12440_2.png) [@Dorjan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dorjan)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2024, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/18 "2024-06-12T20:01:20Z")
There is a Lartigue M Poche Sr in Kenner, LA age 88, who also goes by Lartiguw Poche. He has a son or grandson who appears to be an artist (based on a an obit comment), so maybe it runs in the family. Could be nothing, could be something, _shrug_ ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 11:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/19 "2024-06-13T11:22:41Z")
> [@Vlad\_Igor](#): > > Adam magazine measures 8.25 by 10.5 inches, and goes back to at least 1964. Thank you. That’s at least a fact that might lead somewhere. You can buy a few pre-owned issues through sites like ebay, but there are surprisingly few of them. ---
**Author:** ![Briny\_Deep](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/briny_deep/32/17188_2.png) [@Briny\_Deep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Briny_Deep)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2024, 1:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763/20 "2024-06-13T13:08:02Z")
And you’re absolutely sure you’re not talking about this guy, then? > **[Nudie Cohn](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nudie_Cohn)** > > Nuta Kotlyarenko (Ukrainian: Нута Котляренко; December 15, 1902 – May 9, 1984), known professionally as Nudie Cohn, was a Ukrainian-American tailor who designed decorative rhinestone-covered suits, known popularly as "Nudie Suits", and other elaborate outfits for some of the most famous celebrities of his era. He also became famous for his outrageous customized automobiles. > Kotlyarenko was born in Kiev on December 15, 1902, to a Ukrainian Jewish family. To escape the pogroms of Czarist Russia, h... 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trying-to-find-a-nudie-magazine-cartoonist/1002763.md?page=2)