E. Simms Campbell: Blondes or Redheads?

Cutie Quips were the Sunday color pages of E. Simms Campbell's syndicated newspaper panel cartoon Cuties.

"It's a quiz show.  They want to know which has the worst temper, blondes or redheads. You answer him, dearie; you've been both!"
E. Simms Campbell
Cutie Quips, November 2, 1952
Photograph

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Note:  Well, it's brunettes, of course!

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George Herriman: Krazy Kat in Kolor

One doesn't see too many of these! Here is original 1922 Sunday comic strip artwork for Krazy Kat by the peerless George Herriman, hand-colored and dedicated to Hollywood composer Victor Young. Herriman had a poetic streak himself. "Night comes and under the red tape tree a villain slumbers while a moral moon unwillingly blankets him with a mantle of purity." It really doesn't get better than this!

George Herriman
Original hand-colored Sunday artwork for Krazy Kat, June 25, 1922
Inscribed, "To 'old' Vic Young/that Kentucky thrush, that blue grass Paderewsky--/ Etc. Etc. --Mit luff--/From Geo. Herriman--/July-1-/1922"

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George Herriman
Original hand-colored Sunday artwork for Krazy Kat, June 25, 1922, framed
Inscribed, "To 'old' Vic Young/that Kentucky thrush, that blue grass Paderewsky--/ Etc. Etc. --Mit luff--/From Geo. Herriman--/July-1-/1922"

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George Herriman
Original hand-colored Sunday artwork for Krazy Kat, June 25, 1922
Inscribed, "To 'old' Vic Young/that Kentucky thrush, that blue grass Paderewsky--/ Etc. Etc. --Mit luff--/From Geo. Herriman--/July-1-/1922"

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George Herriman, Krazy Kat, June 25, 1922

Image added October 7, 2013

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Note:  There is a lot more Krazy Kat on the blog here. Don't miss it.

You'll also find more original comic strip art on the blog here.

Under no circumstances will I write about the government's partial shut-down, not when my previous remarks on the debt ceiling and sequestration have been completely ignored by our so-called leaders. You can read what I had to say here. 

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Krazy & Ignatz: "A Kat a'Lilt with Song"

Krazy & Ignatz 1931-1932: "A Kat a'Lilt with Song" (2004)
George Herriman
Edited by Bill Blackbeard and Derya Ataker

George Herriman's Krazy Kat comic strip is unique in the history of the art form. The full-page Sunday strips are generally exceptional, and this volume collects all of them from 1931 and 1932, although there seem to be a few odd missing dates. Also included is a select smattering of daily strips from 1931.

I have always found Krazy Kat a bit challenging to read with its exotic quirks of language, syntax, and spelling, but generally it is worth the trouble. The story line is an endless variation on a theme, accompanied by zany poetry and fantastic, ever-shifting landscapes. There is, of course, Krazy the lovestruck Kat, Ignatz the mouse with his brick, and Bull Pupp the dutiful police officer devoted to law and order, but also to the Kat. It is a strange but poetic love triangle that wouldn't make sense anywhere else, and come to think of it doesn't quite make sense here either.

Krazy Kat is many things all at once: lyrical and absurd, comic and poignant, profoundly inventive and occasionally incomprehensible. It has never been surpassed. 

George Herriman, Krazy Kat, February 15, 1931

George Herriman, Krazy Kat, February 22, 1931

George Herriman, Krazy Kat, March 1, 1931

George Herriman, Krazy Kat, March 8, 1931

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Lucy and the Football

Lucy offers to hold the football for Charlie Brown while he runs up to kick it. May I assume you know what generally happens next?

Charles M. Schulz, Lucy and the Football, 1997

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But in this Sunday comic strip from 1983, things are different. For once, Charlie Brown doesn't take the bait. How extraordinary!

Bonhams San Francisco is offering this original artwork by Charles M. Schulz for $18,000 to $25,000, which is not so outlandish for Sunday Peanuts strips these days. But I think this is an outstanding Sparky strip and it offers collectors a chance to own a unique example of the famous Lucy and the Football gag. I can imagine fierce competition for this one on February 17. Who knows how high the hammer price could go?

 Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, October 16, 1983
Bonhams San Francisco
February 17, 2013 Sale

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 Charles M. Schulz, Peanuts, October 16, 1983
Inscribed, "For Harry and Eileen [Morgan] with friendship/and every best wish.-- Sparky--"Bonhams San Francisco
February 17, 2013 Sale

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February 17, 2013 Update:  Sold for US $25,000 including premium.

 Charles M. Schulz, Original Artwork for Peanuts, October 16, 1983
Inscribed, "For Harry and Eileen [Morgan] with friendship/and every best wish.-- Sparky--"
Bonhams San Francisco
February 17, 2013 Sale

http://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20940/lot/6159/?search_query=1&division=None&passages=True&earliest_first=False&country=None&past_sales=future&back_to_year=2003&sale_no=None&top_level_department=None&department=None&query=football&create_facets=True&value_data_currency=GBP

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From the Library of Frank Cho

For National Library Week, here is Frank Cho's Liberty Meadows Sunday strip which was reprinted on March 11, 2012.

Frank Cho, Liberty Meadows, reprinted March 11, 2012

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Krazy Sunday

Illustration House offers this original art for a Krazy Kat Sunday strip in its December sale. At first I thought the estimate was on the high side, but many Krazy Kat Sunday pages have indeed been selling in this range and higher. Krazy Kat may never have been the most popular strip, but many aficionados consider George Herriman to be the greatest of 20th century cartoonists. Leaping legumes!

Lot 70 George Herriman 1880-1944 x x Jumping beans get their revenge on Offisa Pupp. x x Sunday comic strip, “Krazy Kat”, August 22, 1943; Pen & ink, 22.25 x 14.5", not signed x x Estimate: $12,000 - 15,000 x x x x Condition - Good overall: mat and frame are from Graham Gallery.

Lot 70	George Herriman						1880-1944		x
x		Jumping beans get their revenge on Offisa Pupp.								x
x		Sunday comic strip, “Krazy Kat”, August 22, 1943; Pen & ink, 22.25 x 14.5", not signed								x
x		Estimate: $12,000 - 15,000								x
x										x
x		Condition - Good overall: mat and frame are from Graham Gallery.

Lot 70

George Herriman

1880-1944

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Jumping beans get their revenge on Offisa Pupp.

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Sunday comic strip, “Krazy Kat”, August 22, 1943;
Pen & ink, 22.25 x 14.5", not signed

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x

Estimate: $12,000 - 15,000

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x

x

x

Condition - Good overall: mat and frame are from Graham Gallery.

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“Krazy Kat” detail, August 22, 1943

My most recent post on George Herriman's Krazy Kat can be read here.

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