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Milton Caniff - Terry and the Pirates Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 7-16-39 (Chicago Tribun

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Milton Caniff - Terry and the Pirates Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 7-16-39 (Chicago Tribun
<B>Milton Caniff - Terry and the Pirates Sunday Comic Strip Original Art, dated 7-16-39 (Chicago Tribune- NY News Syndicate, 1939).</B></I> The ultimate comics femme fatale, the Dragon Lady, is featured in five panels of this fabulous Sunday. Jules Feiffer, having interviewed Milton Caniff about "Terry and the Pirates," revealed, "He created the G-rated 'Terry' with the PG-rated 'Terry' in mind all along. But he well understood that in the chaste moral climate of the 1930s, he had to move with caution and cleverness. And so he did." Pat Ryan, Connie, Big Stoop, April Kane, and Terry Lee all appear on this first-rate page. Milton Caniff disdained cartooning shortcuts and instead mastered locale, lighting, "camera angle" points of view, and dialogue. He used meticulous background research to create adult characterizations with spicy subplots of action and romance. The Dragon Lady fights a guerrilla war, and this Sunday reflects the concerns that many Americans were having about the Japanese invasion of large parts of China. The condition of the art is Very Good; the title logo stat has a glue stain discoloration, and panel five has a paste-on lettering correction, but this original remains a prime example of history's most influential action-adventure comic strip. The image size is approximately 19" x 26". Milton Caniff's storytelling style has influenced untold numbers of cartoonists, and the lucky buyer will treasure this Sunday for years to come. <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.