So here's challenge for you!
Let's see who can beat the rest.
From wich strip is this taken?
Who said it should be easy? ;)
OK! I know it's almost impossible. You deserve a hint:
It's from the 20's. And some nice samples will be posted here soon. :)
Edit: To give you a reasonable chance to figure this out here's an image. (With the main character's face deleted.)
Edit: Here are a few more hints. This artist later took over a strip created by a man who left that strip to create one of the most successful of all time. This artist also worked as an assistant on one of the funniest (at least in the 20's and 30's) and still running strips. In the end of his career he worked as an assistant to a comic strip artist known for his abstract images.
12 comments:
Crumb?
Nope, this is from a newspaper strip.
"Easy"? Maybe Wash Tubbs...
:) Nope!
Better add another hint.
Barney Baxter?
No, I withdraw that. Couldn´t that be some early Joe Palooka?
No, it's not Barney Baxter or Joe Palooka.
Maybe this is too obscure...
I guess it must be some Mel Graff's early work! I have noticed how much you admire his work. ;-)
Not, Graff. This guy died waay to young in the 40's.
Maybe that's why he isn't so famous today. He sure could outdraw the guys he worked for.
"Gus and Gussie" by Paul Fung Sr.
Woooha! We've got a winner! :)
It sure was Paul Fung Sr.
The sample is from Gus and Gussie August 1929. He took over Dumb Dora from Chic Young in 1930, assisted Billy DeBeck on Barney Google and drew the daily version of Polly and her Pals for Cliff Sterrett.
I'd say Fung drew better than all three of the above...
Apparently Blondie was ghosted by Alex Raymonds brother Jim Raymond, during the series classic period.
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