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Dick Sprang and Charles Paris - Batman Daily

Currency:USD Category:Collectibles / Comics Start Price:1,800.00 USD Estimated At:7,200.00 - 10,800.00 USD
Dick Sprang and Charles Paris - Batman Daily
<B>Dick Sprang and Charles Paris - Batman Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 2-19-46 (McClure Syndicate, 1946).</B></I> Dick Sprang Batman dailies are extremely rare, with only three examples known to exist. Sprang is considered by many collectors to be the ultimate illustrator of the Dark Knight Detective, so don't let this rare chance to own a vintage original piece slip by. Sprang began ghosting the Batman feature for DC Comics in 1941. He inked his own work until 1945, and after a stint by Gene MacDonald as inker, Charles Paris took over, and became known as one of the greatest Batman inkers. Sprang went on to do seventy-five Batman stories and thirty-five covers. He once outlined his storytelling approach, "You tried for a variation, and never repeat the same scene, never the same degree of sequential medium shot or closer, long shot. Always vary it. And in all this moving around you try to bring a rhythm into the way you draw the continuity of action and setting. The slant of a building, an exaggerated perspective, leads into the opposite, a bridge, or some other building in the next panel, something that always keeps the reader interested, and alive visually. We're drawing dramatic action stuff, not pretty pictures, so the camera probes, trying to get the best effect of movement and suspense." The strip has been autographed in the lower border by Batman creator Bob Kane, and by Dick Sprang in the first panel. The image area of this strip is approximately 21.5" x 6.5", and the art, on Craftint board, is in Excellent condition. <BR><BR><b>Shipping:</b> Flat Material, Large (<a target="_blank" href="http://www.heritageauctions.com/common/shipping.php">view shipping information</a>)
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