The Biggest Tongue in Tunisia by B. Kliban

He was survived by his second wife, Judith Kamman Kliban (who married actor Bill Bixby shortly before Bixby's death in 1993) brother, Ken, of New York City and two daughters: Kalia, from his first marriage and Sarah, from another relationship. Kliban drew the album cover for the David Bromberg Band's 1977 LP Reckless Abandon.īernard Kliban died at UCSF Medical Center aged 55 of a pulmonary embolism he had undergone heart surgery there two weeks previously. Kliban also had a recurring series of drawings called 'Sheer Poetry', in which the page would be split into six panels, containing images of objects whose names, when spoken in the order presented, would form a rhyming, nonsensical verse. Another frequent subject of satire was the type of wordless, step-by-step visual instruction manuals typically found with such things as office furniture. They often contained dysmorphic drawings of nude figures in extremely unlikely environments. Many of these are cartoons that Kliban drew for Playboy. The books that followed Cat consisted mostly of extremely bizarre cartoons that find their humor in their utter strangeness and unlikeliness. Since Cat, his cartoons have adorned many products including stickers, calendars, mugs, and t-shirts. This led to several other books of cartoons ending with Advanced Cartooning in 1993. She thought they should be compiled into a book, introduced him to an agent, who found a publisher, resulting in the 1975 book Cat. Michelle Urry, Playboy's cartoon editor, visiting his studio, reviewed his drawings, mostly cats. In 1962, Kliban became a Playboy cartoonist, contributing cartoons until his death.

The income from Playboy provided financial security that enabled him in 1967 to move Brown and his daughter Kalia to the suburb of Fairfax, Marin County. It was while living in North Beach that 'Hap' (for his birthday, 'Happy New Year') began to draw cartoons for Playboy magazine.

Brown and chose many of the cartoons that appeared in his publications. His first wife, Mary Kathleen Brown, was a noted cartoonist in her own right as M. He did freelance advertising illustration, drawing ads, logos and annual reports. He spent time painting and traveling in Europe before moving to California, where he lived in the North Beach section of San Francisco. Bernard ' Hap' Kliban (Janu– August 12, 1990) was an American cartoonist.īorn in Norwalk, Connecticut, Kliban studied at the Pratt Institute and Cooper Union but 'flunked out'.

The Biggest Tongue in Tunisia by B. Kliban