Classic Wodehouse Illustrations, Part 4: Right Ho, Jeeves

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Good afternoon! Oh, do I have a treat for you guys today.



Readers of the Saturday Evening Post on December 23rd, 1933, opened up their magazine to one of the best early Christmas presents ever. Across from a truly nightmarish portrait of Santa Claus shilling Whitman's chocolates lay the first page of a new serial by P. G. Wodehouse, illustrated by long-time Post artist Henry Raleigh.



Ha, what a schlubby-looking Gussie! I always pictured him being more gawky, like season 1-2 Gussie on the TV series.



Gussie strikes terror into the hearts of the general populous. I like how is name is written "Fink=Nottle" in the caption.

But let's have our first look at Jeeves and Bertie:



Well, it's hard to get a good idea of what Bertie looks like there, but HOLY MOLY, LOOK AT JEEVES! I think this deserves a closer look, don't you?



J/W slashers rejoice! We've finally got a winner. >:D

Uh-oh, this looks like trouble:



Ooh, Bertie looks awfully elegant. But he's still wearing a damn monocle, isn't he?

Meanwhile, Angela has a run-in with the dopiest-looking flatfish shark imaginable:



And here, at last, is a really good view of Bertie's face:



Is that a mustache and a monocle? NOOOO! Confound it, Raleigh! *shakes fist at sky* He looks pretty cute otherwise, though.

And here's Tuppy, looking like a gigantic baby:


Is that supposed to be Dahlia next to him? She looks awfully different from the way she did in that first picture.

Angela leaves food out for the wild Tuppies:


Woohoo, Gussie's inebriated prize-giving!


Poor G. G. Simmons looks more like Gussie than Gussie does.

You know what this story needs? It needs more pictures of Jeeves.


Too bad he's so sketchy.

I leave you with Bertie waving eggs at Madeline:


Throw it at her and run, Bertie!

Other entries:
"Comrade Bingo"
"Bertie Changes His Mind"
"Leave It to Jeeves"
"The Delayed Exit of Claude and Eustace"
"Aunt Agatha Takes the Count"
"Jeeves in the Springtime"