Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
cartoon
"Well, When I Slapped Him He Had the Nerve to Say 'Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained'"
March
1
1938
GEORGE PETTY
"Well, When I Slapped Him He Had the Nerve to Say 'Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained'"
March
1
1938
View Article Pages
cartoon
"Well, When I Slapped Him He Had the Nerve to Say 'Nothing Ventured Nothing Gained'"
March
1
1938
GEORGE PETTY
Sign In to read this article
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic - The Official Esquire Archive
Every issue Esquire has ever published, since 1933
Every timeless feature, profile, interview, novella - even the ads!
85+ Years of outstanding fiction from world-renowned authors
More than 150,000 Images — beautiful High-Resolution photography, zoom into every page
Unlimited Search and Browse
Bookmark all your favorites into custom Collections
Enjoy on Desktop, Tablet, and Mobile
View Full Issue
More From This Issue
FICTION
Never Come Monday
March
1938
By
ERIC KNIGHT
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Mary Carlisle
March
1938
FICTION
All Roads to Graves Are Dusty
March
1938
By
ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE
ARTICLE
Tales From a Chief’s Tent
March
1938
By
CARL R. RASWAN
ARTICLE
Conversation Clinic
March
1938
By
LOREN CARROLL
ARTICLE
Now I’m a Bindle Stiff
March
1938
By
ANONYMOUS
Unlock every article Esquire has ever published.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
every timeless profile, interview, short story, feature, advertisement
, and much more!
More From This Issue
FICTION
Never Come Monday
March
1938
By
ERIC KNIGHT
PICTORIAL FEATURES
Mary Carlisle
March
1938
FICTION
All Roads to Graves Are Dusty
March
1938
By
ARTHUR DAVISON FICKE
Cartoons
cartoon
"Thanks, Pal—but How About a Tip for the Waitress?”
DECEMBER, 1941
cartoon
“It Was a Tough Fight, But the Winning of the Championship More Than Compensates the Loss of Six Te
JUNE, 1946
cartoon
"If Your Wife Nags—your Boss Is Grouchy— You Hate Your Landlord . . ."
DECEMBER, 1946
GEORGE PETTY
cartoon
"Will That Be All, Sir?"
OCTOBER 1935
cartoon
"Will You Surely Help Me Be a Good Girl Next Time?"
AUGUST 1936
cartoon
“I Said 'No' and He Said 'Why Not?'—He Had Me There"
JULY 1937
cartoon
cartoon
“We gotta let ya go, Steve, yuh just ain’t got no showmanship!”
AUGUST 1934
cartoon
“Hi—Old Sourpuss — I just had four Martinis!"
DECEMBER 1935
cartoon
"We’ve Still Got to Get the Dog’s Present to the Butcher!"
DECEMBER, 1939
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published