Playboy #5
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join free"Three-Faced" is a striking, self-contained story from 1967’s Playboy #5, written and illustrated entirely by Claude Smith, whose singular vision drives this quiet, unsettling tale. As a man unable to sleep wanders through his apartment, he encounters a woman sleepwalking down the hall—only to mimic her movements in a chilling act of mimicry, blurring the line between waking and dreaming. The cover by Claude Smith complements the story’s eerie, introspective mood.
In "Sleepwalking," a man plagued by insomnia decides to leave his apartment, only to spot a woman in a nightgown wandering the hallway in a trance. Without a word, he retreats, changes into pajamas, and steps back out—mirroring her path, pretending to sleepwalk in step with her.
In "Switching Shadows," a whimsical 1967 tale from Playboy, an overweight man in shorts and a shapely woman in a bikini cross paths on a sunlit beach—only for their shadows to swap places in a moment of playful surrealism. The story unfolds with quiet charm, turning a simple encounter into a lighthearted twist on perception and identity.
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Reprinted in The Best from Playboy #5 (1971), The Playboy Cartoon Album #4 (1971), Playboy's Little Annie Fanny #[nn] (1972)
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