Original Art NEIL O'KEEFFE Sunday Comic Strip DICK'S ADVENTURES IN DREAMLAND '56

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NO RESERVE! ORIGINAL ART 1956 DICK'S ADVENTURES SUNDAY COMIC STRIP PAGE BY NEIL O'KEEFFE !!!! Offered is a very nice and ***VERY RARE*** original art by the great NEIL O'KEEFFE for the DICK'S ADVENTURES IN DREAMLAND Sunday newspaper comic strip page from August 19, 1956. This strip was syndicated by King Features Syndicate, Inc. This episode features modern day Dick dreaming that he is back in days of the American Revolution, with Col. George Rogers Clark at Fort Kaskaskia. (See below the picture for more information on the historical context depicted in this episode.)O'Keeffe's cartooning style on Dick's Adventures is reminiscent to John Cullen Murphy's style on Prince Valiant (as well as the caption style of story-telling), but O'Keeffe is better in my opinion. This episode is from just two months before the strip ended. I think NEIL O'KEEFFE's art really improved with his age. The later strips are much better drawn and inked than the earlier ones and way better than his early work on the Book-of-the-Month illustrations he did in the 1940s for King Features. The inking here is just pure genius! (As good as any of the great French comic artists; Paul Gillon and Hermann come to mind for me.) The art image area of this VERY LARGE piece measures approximately 25" x 12-1/8" and was drawn with black ink on bristol board. This over 5 0 years old art is in excellent condition, except that the final panel paste-up caption block of lettering is missing. Buyer pays additional $14.00 for Priority Mail/insured shipping to U.S. destination. International shipping quoted when needed. Payment with PayPal, etc. I use the eBay invoice system. Please respond in a few days to the invoice. Just let me know your intentions. If you are bidding or planning to bid on more than one item, I will be happy to wait till auctions are complete. Combining items to save on shipping is always offered. Just keep the communication lines open. I am pretty easy to work with. International Buyers — Please Note: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. These charges are normally collected by the delivering freight (shipping) company or when you pick the item up. Do not confuse them for additional shipping charges. If you see a "Buy It Now" price and you are interested in this item, I suggest that you do one of two things: 1) Use "Buy It Now" and win instantly! -- or -- 2) Place a bid to erase the "Buy It Now" price (it disappears once a bid is placed). Otherwise someone else might use "Buy It Now" and you will not get a chance to win this item at all! "Buy It Now" will disappear with the first bid, so if you want to avoid a bidding war later -- use it now as it's a bargain. We reserve the right to end this auction, revise the opening bid or "Buy It Now" price at any time if we find there is lack of interest, so please make sure to place your bids early! Be sure to with "toonsgonewild" auctions on eBay. I've been a collector for over 35 years and a seller for at least 20 years! Be sure to add me to your favorites list ! Cartoonist and illustrator Neil NEIL O'KEEFFE (1893-198?) started out at the art department of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch in 1913. A year later, he moved on to the Chicago Tribune. In 1918 he moved to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he became a writer for the Daily News. His real cartoon career started in 1921, when he drew for Metropolitan Movies, as well as several pulp magazines. King Features hired him to replace Lyman Anderson on 'Inspector Wade' in July 1938. When 'Wade' was cancelled in 1941, O'Keeffe became a King Features staff artist. He also art on the comic adaptations of novels that King Fea... read more

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