By the age of 22, Bent was already well known amongst the cultural elite as an emerging scientist. But he was even better known as a lady's man and hypnotist. James Thurber presented this cartoon to Bent on Mayan's New Year's Eve, 1932. It was later repurposed for The New Yorker, published in February 1933. In the published cartoon, Bent has no beard or mane, as Thurber admittedly had trouble drawing quote, "men's hair."
