Playboy #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Room with a View" is a quietly unsettling short story from 1968’s Playboy #4, written and illustrated entirely by Claude Smith. The tale follows a man drawn in by the sight of a woman getting dressed across the way, only to discover the apartment he’s just leased belongs to his landlord—whose sudden act of pulling down the blinds leaves everything in shadow. The cover by Claude Smith captures the story’s eerie intimacy, all in a 75-cent comic from the late '60s.
In "Room with a View," a man is shown an apartment with a striking view of a woman getting dressed across the way—until he signs the lease and realizes the apartment is his landlord’s, who promptly pulls the blinds down. The story’s quiet twist hinges on perspective, delivered with the dry wit and visual flair characteristic of the era.
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Reprinted in The Playboy Cartoon Album #5 (1972), Playboy's Gahan Wilson #[nn] (1973), The Best from Playboy #7 (1973)
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