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Alex Raymond - The Kid Sister Sunday Comic Strip Origin

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Alex Raymond - The Kid Sister Sunday Comic Strip Origin
<B>Alex Raymond - The Kid Sister Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 9-17-33 (King Features Syndicate, 1933).</B></I> After finding himself out of work on Wall Street, because of the stock market crash of 1929, Alex Raymond enrolled in the Grand Central School of Art to pursue his real passion, a career in art. Soon he was assisting Russ Westover on <I>Tillie the Toiler</B></I> and later, Chic Young on <I>Blondie</B></I>. Through his Young studio connection, Alex began assisting Chic's brother, Lyman, on <I>Tim Tyler's Luck</B></I> and <I>The Kid Sister</B></I>, before eventually moving on to his own strips <I>Flash Gordon</B></I>, <I>Jungle Jim</B></I>, and <I>Secret Agent X-9</B></I>. An interesting sidebar about this Sunday is the Yale polo player connection. This Sunday's "Sister's Cut-out" paper doll features a Yale man with both football and polo costumes. As we learned in the first <I>Flash Gordon</B></I> strip, Flash too was a Yale polo player -- perhaps this fellow was his teammate, and they played a few chukkers together -- almost certainly this strip contained the germ of the idea for Flash's athletic origins; the first <I>Flash</B></I> appeared in print only 12 weeks after this Sunday was printed. The image is approximately 12" x 25", and the art is in Excellent condition. Alex Raymond's brilliant draftsmanship shines in these elegant "clear line" drawings of the figure.<BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Large Flat (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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