ORIGINAL 1979 SUNDAY COMIC / COMIC STRIP ART PEN & INK MUTT AND JEFF By AL SMITH

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ORIGINAL 1979 SUNDAY COMIC / COMIC STRIP ART PEN & INK MUTT AND JEFF By AL SMITH:
$34.34

Very rare and wonderful, 1979 Sunday Comics Original Pen and Ink Art for the long running Comic Strip \"Mutt and Jeff\" by Al Smith. Offered here is the original drawing for the Mutt and Jeff Sunday Comic Strip signed by Cartoonist Al Smith and dated September 16th, 1979.

This outstanding, Original Pen and Ink Comic Strip Art measures approx. 20 1/4\" by 14\" and is drawn on a medium weight artist paperboard stock. This Mutt and Jeff Comic Strip Art was drawn by Smith and syndicated for publications around the world. The Strip is made up of 9 panels and the story is typical of those that have defined Mutt and Jeff for decades. This is a large format, Sunday Comics version of the Comic Strip that ran both daily and Sunday\'s for decades.

Al Smith (March 21, 1902 – November 24, 1986 ) was an American cartoonist whose work included a long run on the comic strip Mutt and Jeff. Born in Brooklyn, New York, Smith was the art editor for the syndication department of the New York World from 1920 to 1930. Bud Fisher appeared to lose all interest in his Mutt and Jeff strip during the 1930s, and after his assistant Ed Mack died in 1932, the job of creating the strip fell to Al Smith. The strip retained Fisher\'s signature until his death, however, and not until December 7, 1954 was the strip signed by Smith.In the introduction to Forever Nuts: The Early Years of Mutt & Jeff, comic strip historian Allan Holtz gave the following reason for the strip\'s longevity and demise: \"The strip\'s waning circulation got a shot in the arm in the 1950s when President Eisenhower sang its praises, and then again in the 1970s when a nostalgia craze swept the nation. It took the 1980s, a decade focused on the here and now, and a final creative change on the strip when even Al Smith had had enough, to finally allow the strip the rest it had deserved for decades\". Smith continued to draw the strip until 1980, when George Breisacher took over for its final two years. Smith also drew the strips Rural Delivery and Cicero\'s Cat, the topper strip accompanying Mutt and Jeff. Smith served as president of the National Cartoonists Society and ran his own syndicate, Al Smith Feature Service. In 1980, he retired to Rutland, Vermont. He died November 24, 1986.

This wonderful piece of original Newspaper Comic Strip Art is in excellent condition - the images are dark, bold and crisp. The Sheet is generally clean and crisp but there are various and typical marks and \"daubs\" in the margin area. There is also a notation on the reverse by the artist which reads simply \"67.8%\".

A very rare and wonderful, 1979 Sunday Comics Original Pen and Ink Art for the long running Comic Strip \"Mutt and Jeff\" by Al Smith and a fantastic addition to any collection!!

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