Artwork for sale by DrHackenbusch
Roy Crane Wash Tubbs 09.03.1927
Ink
30 x 20 cm (11.81 x 7.87 in.)
Cm
Price : 1,000 €
[$]
Inscriptions
Signed left upper corner
Comment
This is a beautiful half daily from early in the run, although it's not politically correct you still have to admire Crane's craftsmanship. Crane started Wash Tubbs in 1924 and it is widely regarded as the first adventure strip. Original art from the first years is scarce, especially 1925-1929 artwork is virtually non-existing so you can imagine how happy I was to ad this gem to my collection... First published March 9th 1927 (not as stated on the strip...that must have been added at a later stage..as was Crane's signature...)
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About Roy Crane
Royston Campbell Crane, who signed his work Roy Crane, was an American cartoonist who created the comic strip characters Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy and Buz Sawyer. He pioneered the adventure comic strip, establishing the conventions and artistic approach of that genre. Comics historian R. C. Harvey wrote, "Many of those who drew the earliest adventure strips were inspired and influenced by his work
