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Alex Raymond - The Kid Sister Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 9-17-33 (King Features Syndicat

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Alex Raymond - The Kid Sister Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 9-17-33 (King Features Syndicat
<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 to ponder 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>Important notice:</B> Heritage usually auctions material at the rate of 200-250 lots per hour. On some occasions eBay Live bid software or the Internet may not be able to keep up with the pace of the auction. We recommend placing a realistic absentee bid now as insurance to avoid disappointment. Occasionally the auctioneer may eliminate or reject an eBay Live bid, and the auctioneer may also reopen a lot after the close of the eBay live bidding (usually because we missed an audience bid), and may reject your bid even if it shows you as the winning bidder. By bidding via eBay Live, you agree that Heritage may award the lot to another bidder at its sole discretion under the circumstances described above or any other reasonable circumstances. Since eBay bids are not shown to us until we open the lot on the floor, we treat those bids just like floor bids. In most cases the floor responds before the eBay bid is presented to us, due to Internet lag time, so for consistency we have made it a policy that floor bids are always considered first over tie eBay live bids. Also please note that all Heritage lots purchased through eBay Live carry a 20% Buyer's Premium. Please make sure you read the Terms and Conditions before you bid.