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Oh BOY! I love this piece. Wash Tubbs started in 1924 and ran for over 2 decades with Crane at his drawing board. It is considered the first true adventure strip and so many greats took not only story telling but artistic inspiration from Crane's work. This sunday is hand colored by Crane which was common to show the printers how to color the art for publication. large sized and full of great content.
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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
