1926, Tad Dorgan, Original Comic Strip Art, Judge Rummy, signed strip

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1926, Tad Dorgan, Original Comic Strip Art, Judge Rummy, signed strip:
$395.00

This is a wonderful, original hand signed, ink four panel comic strip signed by Tad Dorgan, from his series Judge Rummy. Dated May, 1926, International Features, this strip features the Judge doing what he does best..signed at lower right of fourth panel by Tad Dorgan. Strip is 10x14, on artist grade cardboard, drawn and signed in ink, overall very good condition.

Thomas Aloysius Dorgan (April 29, 1877 - May 2, 1929), also known as Tad Dorgan, was an American cartoonist who signed his drawings as Tad. He is known for his cartoon panel Indoor Sports and the many words and expressions he added to the language.

He created his first comic strip, Johnny Wise, for the San Francisco Chronicle in 1902. By 1905 he was working in New York City at the New York Journal as a sports writer and cartoonist. Jack Dempsey described him as \"the greatest authority on boxing.\"

In addition to his work as a sports journalist, Dorgan did a humor feature, \"Daffydills\". His dog cartoons, including Judge Rummy, evolved into the strip Silk Hat Harry\'s Divorce Suit. This was accompanied by a one-panel gag series called Indoor Sports which became his main feature, along with an occasional Outdoor Sports.

Dorgan retired from attending sporting events in the early 1920s because of poor health, and a heart ailment kepthim at home for the last eight years of his life, but he continued to produce sports comics for Hearst until his death. He died in Great Neck of heart disease, hastened by pneumonia.

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