Original 30s Regional Newspaper Comic w/ Caption Signed Cartoon Illustration Art

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Original 30s Regional Newspaper Comic w/ Caption Signed Cartoon Illustration Art:
$19.70

Thanks to all our buyers! We are honored to be your one-stop, 5-star source for vintage pin-up, pulp magazines, original illustration art, decorative collectibles and ephemera with a wide and always changed assortment of antique and vintage items from the Victorian, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Mid-Century Modern eras. All items are 100% guaranteed to be original, vintage, and as described. Please feel free to contact us with any and all questions about the items and our policies and please take a moment to peruse our other great items. All sell !Grapefruit Moon Gallery is excited to announce that we have come into an impressive collection of autographs, letters, original illustrations, and ephemera by a wide array of cartoonists and illustrators. From the personal collection of Earl Barton, an avid collector who spent decades building a unique collection of individualized drawings and correspondence from leading lights in cartooning.
Nicknamed the \"most original pest\" by cartoonist A.V. Buel, Barton amassed much of his collection by sending letters of requests for autographs & original illustrations straight to the artists themselves. To make sure his letters made it past secretaries and avoided going straight into the waste basket, Barton would draw a cartoon of his own on the envelope accompanied by a caption, thinking that \"what isn\'t hard to request isn\'t hard to give.\" This method proved successful and Barton had autographs and original illustrations from such artists as D. Jay Darling, George T. Maxwell and John T. McCutcheon of the Chicago Tribune as well as James Montgomery Flagg, Norman Rockwell, Arthur William Brown, Edwina Dunn, and Walt Disney, to name just a few. We will be saleing off these illustrations, letters, autographs, newspapers clippings and photos in the coming weeks and months. It\'s a unique chance for collectors of illustration art to own these one of a kind items!ITEM: This is a c. 1930s vintage & original cartoon illustration, India ink on illustration board, signed by the artist Goodhue in the bottom right corner, and including the original caption. Featuring two imaginative creatures from the mind of Goodhue, characters who appeared more than once in his work, they are seen holding onto each other as they spin out of control on roller skates. The caption reads, \"Gosh, that soup I had for lunch is making me dizzy.\" A gag comic whose humorous punchline appears to be lost to time.Measures 5.5\" x 5\" on illustration board.CONDITION: Excellent condition, as seen.Guaranteed to be 100% vintage and original from Grapefruit Moon Gallery.