Illustrator and collagist Stephen Kroninger has submitted images of seven original drawings by cartoonist Virgil Partch, Vip if you like. The first was published in Vip: The Mad World of Virgil Partch in 2013 and no doubt elsewhere during Partch's lifetime (1916-1984).
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| Vip: The Mad World of Virgil Partch (2013) |
I don't know where the next four drawings were published but they can very likely be found somewhere in Vip's many book collections.
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| "You've heard of sleepers who roll and toss? Shorty there just rolls." |
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| "But he's buying" |
Partch may have recycled the above gag in 1977 in Big George, setting the gag in a restaurant instead of a bar. Sorry for the poor image quality:
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| Big George, Detroit Free Press, May 4, 1977, p. 57 |
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| "I wonder if you'd check the right rear." |
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| "Now there's a guy who's really traveling light." |
Two of Stephen's drawings are from Partch's gag panel strip Big George:
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| "No skis in the bar!" Big George, January 27, 1976 |
Again, sorry for not subscribing to newspapers.com, but you get the idea, if not the whole picture:
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| Detroit Free Press, January 27, 1976, p. 37 |
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| "Don't you recognize the Australian Open champion when you see him?" Big George, June 1, 1976 |
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Cedar Rapids Gazette, June 1, 1976, p. 35 https://newspaperarchive.com/cedar-rapids-gazette-jun-01-1976-p-35/ |
This blog, by the way, is the place to have other original art by Virgil Partch posted. Just submit your scans and tell me what you know about them. I suppose it's obvious that I could also use better scans of the above newspaper panels.
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When I was a kid, my father used to get TRUE magazine and loved the VIP cartoons in every issue.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds as if you're a lifelong fan. Thanks for the reminiscence.
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