Al Capp (1909-1979)

Al Capp Li'l Abner Partial Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 6-20-43 (United Feature Syndicate, 1943). Fearless Fosdick (the strip-within-a-strip) first appeared just a year before this Sunday, and it was a vicious parody of Dick Tracy -and- Chester Gould! This Sunday features Fosdick's "creator" Lester Gooch coming face-to-Stone-Face with a bad guy he thought he created. The top three panel tiers of this Sunday is a low-res printed stat and the bottom two panel tiers is original art from the comic strip were created in ink over graphite on Bristol board. The stat is a single paste-up and the original art panels were cut-out, rearranged, and pasted onto Bristol board in a wider layout for publication, with a combined image area of 19" x 26", adhered to foam core and matted to 24" x 31". The stat has foxing/staining and the original art has light smudging/handling wear. In Good condition. HID09710052018 © 2024 Heritage Auctions | All Rights Reserved