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George McManus - Bringing Up Father Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 1-7-40 (King Features Syn

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George McManus - Bringing Up Father Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 1-7-40 (King Features Syn
<B>George McManus - Bringing Up Father Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 1-7-40 (King Features Syndicate, 1940).</B></I> The <I>Bringing Up Father</B></I> characters took a tour of the United States in the late 1930s and early '40s. This pinnacle of the strip's run features landmarks of famous American cities, and in this splendid entry, Jiggs and Maggie visit New York, and in particular, their old home town of Brooklyn. This page has since become commonly known as "The Brooklyn Page." Artist George McManus was enthused with this story, and added extra detail and attention to his normally careful work. Jiggs' snooty wife, Maggie, insists on sticking with Jiggs for the day. They check out the sights of Manhattan, ending up in their old neighborhood (a poor section of town) where she gets her comeuppance! Everyone knows her and "some of them are relatives!" The key character, Jiggs, is in every panel of this travel sequence, and there are detailed drawings of the New York skyline and the Brooklyn Bridge, along with several crowd scenes, a McManus specialty. This incredible piece measures approximately 16.5" x 15.5", and is in Excellent condition. <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.