Dean G. USA - Hello Anthony, Opened my front door this morning and my Capt. America page was waiting for me. It was packed so well that I would not have been the least concerned IF I saw the postal truck back over it. Looks fantastic!! This is my first foray into original comic book art and I'm sure we'll be doing business again. Thanks, Dean |
Click to view full size image
|
Title: | Half Hitch Daily Comic Strip - Sailor Picking up Woman - 3/9/1970 Signed art by Dick Hodgins as Hank Ketcham |
Media Type: | Pencil and Ink |
Art Type: | Strip Art |
Genre: | Strip / newspaper art |
Artists: |
Dick Hodgins (all) |
23" x 8"
But in the late 1960s, when there once again was a soldier or a sailor in most families, King Features Syndicate started looking into something new, to tap into the popularity of its Beetle Bailey. Ketcham had proved his own drawing power with Dennis, so they decided on a revival of his diminutive sailor, dubbing him Half Hitch. The new version began as a daily and Sunday on Monday, February 16, 1970. Tho Ketcham's name went on it, this incarnation was written by Bob Saylor and drawn by Dick Hodgins, using a Ketchamesque style.
$150.00