Camera-ready comic art drawing for Winnie Winkle
Camera-ready comic art drawing for Winnie Winkle
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- Description (Brief)
- This pen-and-ink drawing prepared for the Winnie Winkle comic strip shows Ethel going sightseeing with Vic Ventura. Vic is trying to deceive Ethel by appealing to her sympathy.
- Martin Branner (1888-1970) was a vaudeville star-turned-cartoonist after his service in World War I. In his first few years working in comics, he produced short-lived strips until he hit on Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner in 1920. The title of the strip was shortened to Winnie Winkle in 1943.
- Winnie Winkle (1920-1996), about a female family breadwinner, began as a story about the young woman named Winnie who took care of her adopted younger brother. Winnie matured slightly during the years, and eventually became an adult, got married, and served as a single parent during her husband's soldiering years. Though the strip started out in a daily “gag” format, over time it transitioned into a soap opera-themed strip. Winnie Winkle made a brief crossover into comic books, but the longer storylines were not as popular.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Object Name
- drawing
- Object Type
- Cartoon
- Other Terms
- drawing; Pen and Ink
- date made
- 1964-08-16
- graphic artist
- Branner, Martin
- publisher
- Tribune Printing Company
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 29.8 cm x 71 cm; 11 3/4 in x 27 15/16 in
- ID Number
- GA.22610
- catalog number
- 22610
- accession number
- 277502
- Credit Line
- Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
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- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Cultures & Communities
- Communications
- Comic Art
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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