Skip to main content
Esquire Classic
Issues
Topics
Contributors
Sign In
Subscribe
cartoon
“I'm a Failure—can’t You Understand?—a Failure!”
March
1
1940
“I'm a Failure—can’t You Understand?—a Failure!”
March
1
1940
View Article Pages
cartoon
“I'm a Failure—can’t You Understand?—a Failure!”
March
1
1940
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
I'll Be Waiting for You
March
1940
By
DONALD BARR CHIDSEY
FICTION
Job for the Liquidators
March
1940
By
GEORGES SURDEZ
ARTICLE
The Ferry That Becomes a Liner
March
1940
By
WILSON CHAMBERLAIN
FICTION
Nine Days’ Wonder
March
1940
By
ROBERT BRIGHT
ARTICLE
The Devil’s Trust Fund
March
1940
By
WILLIAM LA VARRE
SATIRE
Our Friends the Bankleys
March
1940
By
LOUIS PAUL
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
I'll Be Waiting for You
March
1940
By
DONALD BARR CHIDSEY
FICTION
Job for the Liquidators
March
1940
By
GEORGES SURDEZ
ARTICLE
The Ferry That Becomes a Liner
March
1940
By
WILSON CHAMBERLAIN
Cartoons
cartoon
"If It's That Woman Again— I'm Not In!"
DECEMBER 1934
cartoon
“Better put sixteen-inch guns on her”
FEBRUARY, 1941
cartoon
"Suppose You Get Out There and Take Those Punches and I'll Take Fifty Per Cent of Your Salary!"
JUNE, 1946
cartoon
cartoon
“Oh I Feel All Right, But This Is the Day I Always Worry About My Rent.”
DECEMBER 1934
cartoon
“When You Call Her a Tramp, You Don’t Have to Convince Me—It’s the Audience Out There!"
JUNE 1935
cartoon
“It’s Good to Get Away Once in a While—it Takes a Fellow’s Mind Off His Work”
NOVEMBER 1936
Get instant access to 85+ years of Esquire.
Subscribe Now!
Exclusive & Unlimited access to
Esquire Classic
Everything Esquire has ever published