Robert Brown (cartoonist)
Robert "Buck" Brown | |
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Born | Bobby Brown February 3, 1936 Morrison, Tennessee |
Died | July 2, 2007 Olympia Fields, Illinois | (aged 71)
Nationality | American |
Area(s) | Cartoonist, Writer, Artist |
Notable works | Playboy cartoons (1963–2007) |
Robert "Buck" Brown (February 3, 1936 – July 2, 2007) was an American painter and cartoonist best known for creating Playboy magazine's toothless, saggy-breasted, highly-sexed, naughty "Granny" character.
Early life and education
Brown was born in
Playboy career
One day while Brown was taking art classes and driving a Chicago Transit Authority Bus, he stopped by the Playboy Offices in Chicago to submit some ideas and sketches which ran the next year.[3] Brown's first cartoon in Playboy, a black-and-white drawing of a boy holding a trumpet, ran in 1962. "Granny" was his first color work for the magazine published in 1966. His inspiration for the granny character came from people he would sketch during his hours driving the route and encountering situations that occurred on his bus: often, he noted, older women would board the bus and ask questions that could be interpreted as double entendre, such as, "Do you go down?" and "Do you go all the way?"[4] In all, Brown had more than 600 cartoons published by the magazine.[5]
Other works and interests
Brown also had thousands of other drawings published by publications such as
References
- ^ a b Associated, Press (2007-07-13). "Buck Brown, 71, Playboy Cartoonist, Dies". The New York Times. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
- ^ "robert 'buck' brown: 1936-2007". Archived from the original on 2015-04-13. Retrieved 2015-04-07.
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: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link) - ^ a b Azam, Ahmed. "Robert 'Buck' Brown: 1936 – 2007; Cartoonist Behind 'Granny'; Artist Contributed More than 600 Cartoons to Playboy during 4 Decades with the Magazine." Chicago Tribune: 11. Jul 13 2007. ProQuest. Web. 5 Nov. 2017
- ^ Guo, Eileen (2020-03-17). "Meet Naughty Granny's Dad". Playboy. Retrieved 2020-06-11.
- ^ a b Los Angeles Times, "Robert 'Buck' Brown, 71; cartoonist created 'Granny' in Playboy" July 12, 2007