Collection of 11 original comic strips, ranging in date from the 1930s up to the 1980s. Collection consists of:
Edwina Dumm: original hand-inked six-panel Cap Stubbs and Tippie daily comic strip, dated “Thursday—June 5” on an off-white 17 x 6.25 piece of artist’s cardstock depicting Tippie heading out in search of adventure, signed in black ink in the second to last panel, “Edwina.”
Irwin Hasen: original hand-inked three-panel Dondi daily comic strip, dated 1974 on an off-white 18.5 x 6.5 piece of artist’s cardstock, signed in black ink in the first panel.
Darrel McClure: original hand-inked three-panel Little Annie Rooney comic strip, dated October 22, 1959 on an off-white 18.5 x 6 piece of artist cardstock, signed in black ink on the last panel.
Lank Leonard: original hand-inked five-panel daily comic strip, dated “Thursday, June 11” [circa 1930s] on an off-white 21 x 7 piece of artist’s cardstock, depicting a police officer preparing for “rasslin’ match” with fellow officer Horseneck Hines, signed in black ink in the last panel.
John Liney: original hand-inked four-panel Henry comic strip, dated 1973 on an off-white 23 x 8.5 piece of artist’s cardstock, signed in the last panel in black ink.
John Cullen Murphy: original hand-inked two-panel Big Ben daily comic strip, dated February 5 [no year] on an off-white 22 x 5.25 piece of artist cardstock, signed in black ink on the last panel.
Hy Eisman: original hand-inked eight-panel Katzenjammer Kids daily comic strip, dated February 4, 1990 on an off-white 22.5 x 11 piece of artist’s cardstock, depicting a skinny-dipping adventure gone awry, signed in black ink in the last panel, and also signed and inscribed in red artist pencil along the bottom border “With all best wishes to Larry ‘n Marsha from Adri’n. Hy Eisman.”
Walter Berndt: two original hand-inked multi-panel comic strips, one dated 1933 and the other dated 1943, on off-white artist’s cardstock each about 23 x 7.5, each signed in black ink “Berndt.”
Jim Scancarelli: two original signed hand-inked multi-panel Gasoline Alley comic strips, dated 1987 and 1988 on individual off-white 23.25 x 15.5 pieces of artist’s cardstock. The earlier example is additionally signed in black ink “Buono Fotuna—Jim Scancarelli.”
In very good to fine overall condition. RRAuction COA.
