That Toddlin' Town: A Rowdy Burlesque of Chicago Manners and Morals

A single-issue satire from 1951, That Toddlin' Town was an early work by Hugh M. Hefner, published before his founding of Playboy. Presented as a "rowdy burlesque," it lampoons the social mores and politics of Chicago through a comic-strip format, offering a glimpse into the irreverent humor that would define Hefner's later media empire. Though only one issue was produced, it remains a curious artifact of pre-Code, self-published underground cartooning.