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1917 George Herriman Krazy Kat Sunday Comic Strip Art. Sold for nearly $60,000.
Nate D. Sanders Auctions has sold the following Krazy Kat comic strips:
”Krazy Kat” Sunday Comic Strip by George Herriman From 7 November 1943
Krazy Kat George Herriman art hand-drawn 7 November 1943 Sunday Krazy Kat comic strip. This episode features Officer Bull Pupp’s unsuccessful attempt to shield Krazy Kat from an inevitable brick attack at the hands of Ignatz. Strip measures 16.5” by 25”. Mounted to board but in otherwise remarkably near fine condition with only a hint of toning. From the estate of ”Blondie” creator Chic Young. Rare George Herriman art. Sold for $22,878
Krazy Kat George Herriman Art Strip Signed
Original George Herriman art strip signed “Herriman”, dated 31 May 1942. “Krazy Kat” first appeared in 1913 in William Randolph Hearst’s newspaper, the “New York Evening Journal.” The strip instantly became a favorite of Hearst, who furnished Herriman with a lifetime contract and insisted that the strip run in all of his papers. The comic strip, which was set in Coconino County, Arizona, where Herriman had a vacation home, mixed Herriman’s native Creole dialect with alliterative and rhyming word play, absurdist humor, social commentary, and a recurring action of a mouse who throws a brick at a cat. In this 10-panel strip, Krazy Kat quizzes Mr. Kenga Roo and finds himself deceived by appearances, when out of Kenga Roo’s pouch springs his son, and then, from the son’s pouch, his son, and just when Krazy thinks he’s seen enough, out springs the great-granddaughter, Fannie, from the grandson’s pouch. The last panel features Herriman’s quirky characters, Ignatz Mouse and Gooseberry Sprig, watching Krazy, obviously disturbed, hopping off into the expansive Arizona landscape. This strip features an additional horizontal panel that was introduced in 1938: Krazy and Ignatz watch a reclining rattle snake who’s kept awake by his tail. Ignatz explains: “His tail is nervous – it keeps him awake.” Strip, measuring 17″ x 24″, has a few stains in spots, pencil notes along bottom and is framed to an overall size of 19.25″ x 28″. Near fine condition. Excellent Krazy Kat George Herriman art. Sold for $9,500.
Sunday Krazy Kat George Herriman Art Strip Signed
Original Crazy Kat George Herriman art Sunday Strip signed in pen and ink on stiff paper, dated 16 May 1943. “Krazy Kat” first appeared in 1913 in William Randolph Hearst’s newspaper, the “New York Evening Journal.” The comic strip, which was set in Coconino County, Arizona, where Herriman had a vacation home, mixed Herriman’s native Creole dialect with alliterative and rhyming word play, absurdist humor, social commentary and a recurring motif of a mouse who throws a brick at a cat. The strip became a favorite of Hearst, who furnished Herriman with a lifetime contract and insisted that the strip run in all of his papers. In this 20-panel Sunday strip, Ignatz Mouse is on trial for brick throwing. The scales of justice are manipulated as Ignatz hires Hoot Zoot Soot, the Mesmeric Marvel, to hypnotize the judge to rule in Ignatz’s favor. After Ignatz is free, and is extorted by Hoot Zoot to pay an additional fee, he attempts to unsuccessfully hypnotize the brickmaker, Kolin Kelly, into giving him a brick. Herriman appends the strip at the bottom horizontal panel showing a hypnotized Ignatz attempting to throw a brick at Krazy. Strip, measuring 16.5″ x 25″, has minor soiling along edges, the number “64” written in blue pencil at top left and is framed to an overall size of 19.25″ x 27.75″. Very good condition overall. A fine example of Herriman’s work. Nice George Herriman Krazy Kat comic art. Sold for $9,500.
The following are some additional classic comic strips we sold:
One of the greatest pieces of artwork by Hal Foster in his career, the original artwork for the 120th ”Prince Valiant” Sunday comic strip from 28 May 1939. In this instantly recognizable piece — featured on the cover of Fantagraphics’ ”Prince Valiant Vol. 2: 1939-1940” and in numerous ”Prince Valiant” publications — Val sees the foreboding castle of Andelkrag in person, surrounded by Huns as they prepare to attack it. The six panel strip measures 26” x 34.5”, (the large Andelkrag panel measures 17” x 21” by itself), with incredible detail showing the seemingly impregnable fortress, the mountains behind it, the flames roiling up aside it and Prince Valiant standing upon a hillside, gazing at its beauty and enormity. In this strip, Val makes his approach and plunges into the river moat at darkness, to find a fire-raft built by the Huns in order to destroy Andelkrag’s bridge. As Prince Valiant destroys their handiwork, the Huns vow revenge in return. Artwork is signed by Foster on the second panel, inscribed to ”Edward W. Larson / with friendly greetings / Hal Foster”. With King Features Syndicate, Inc. label on fifth panel, with 1939 copyright. The date of 28 May 1939 appears on the fourth panel, along with ”120”, the number of this Prince Valiant strip in the life of the series. Artwork is mounted to board and matted to a size of 33” x 41.5”, with matting strips separating the panels. With minute amount of soiling, artwork is in near fine condition. Accompanied by the color newsprint of this artwork and two ”Prince Valiant” books featuring this strip. Sold for $70,461.
Special ”Peanuts” original comic strip, hand-drawn by Charles Schulz for publication on 16 December 1957. Strip is one of the rare examples of Schulz meticulously recreating a musical score by Beethoven, in this case Piano Sonata No. 1. Schroeder whistles the Sonata to call in Snoopy for dinner, who trots in on four legs rather than two, a hallmark of the early ”Peanuts” strips. With United Feature Syndicate label on first panel, strip measures 29” x 7”. Mild toning, overall very good to near fine condition. Sold for $58,954.
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Original Sunday ”Peanuts” comic strip, hand-drawn by Charles Schulz. In this ”April showers” themed strip, published 26 April 1970, Snoopy, Woodstock and Peppermint Patty get caught in a downpour, but then little Woodstock is further harassed by a flowing rain gutter. Strip measures 24” x 17”, inscribed by Schulz to Jim Pearson. Near fine condition. Sold for $56,250.
Hal Foster Prince Valiant Comic Art Dated 6 March 1937 — 4th Prince Valiant Strip in the Series! — Val’s “Career of Adventure Begins” Here, Showing His Growth From Boy to Young Man
Original “Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur” strip in two parts, dated 6 Mach 1937, the 4th strip in the series which launched on 13 February 1937. In this large 12-panel strip, we witness Prince Valiant grow from a boy – stranded on the Fens Marshes – to a young man who hunts and provides food for the exiles. His teacher is a young native boy who shows him how to hunt and also escape death by the “marsh lizard”, the superbly drawn creature which preys upon the young men in the last half of the strip. Hal Foster additionally draws an image of Prince Valiant’s face on the back of the strip, and inscribes the first portion of the strip in pencil above the panels, “To Douglas Newton with best wishes for his success as an artist / Hal Foster” and then additionally, “I send you this early one because it has a dragon in it – hope you can clean it up”. The 1937 King Features Syndicate label appears on the 11th panel, along with the date of 6 March. A publisher’s sticker also appears under the 10th panel. First portion of strip measures 29″ x 21″ and second portion measures approximately 29″ x 20.25″ with an irregular top edge. Strip is in good condition with some dampstaining that mostly appears on the margins and can be framed out. Strip also has some foxing, toning and tape remnants to margin. Artwork itself is still bold and clean. An excellent, very early example of Hal Foster’s classic Prince Valiant. One of the most important Hal Foster Prince Valiant comic art ever offered. Sold for $44,291.
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Very Early ”Peanuts” Sunday Strip From 1953 — Featuring Lucy & Linus
One of the earliest ”Peanuts” Sunday strips, hand-drawn by Charles Schulz and published 21 June 1953. The first Sunday strip debuted in January 1952 after the strip’s daily debut in 2 October 1950. In this strip, Linus is barely a toddler, and goes from frustration to pride to sadness in the course of 11 panels, eloquently visualizing childhood development. Measures 23.75” x 17”. United Feature Syndicate label appears on last panel. Bends to top corners and light soiling, mostly along margins. Overall a bright strip, in very good plus condition. Sold for $25,000.
”Buster Brown” Sunday Comic Strip by Richard F. Outcault From 1917
Large Sunday comic of ”Buster Brown” by Richard F. Outcault from 1917. In this installment, Buster and his dog Tige rally the neighborhood children to plant food rations for WWI ”Rough Riders”. Entitled ”He Tries to Do His Best”, Buster has good intentions, but plants eggs instead of ”eggplant” and uses his mother’s sewing machine to ”sow”. In the end, Buster resolves to always be hopeful. Strip is undated by likely from 21 October 1917 from writing at top. Newspaper Feature Service label is dated 1917. Comic measures 19.75” x 21”. Mounted on board, comic is chipped along edges but otherwise in very good plus condition. From the estate of ”Blondie” creator Chic Young. Sold for $10,000.
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