| DANIEL - Just wanted to let you know I received the art yesterday, and already have it up and framed. Like always, your packaging, & professionalism, is right on target. Here's wishing that you, and your family, have a great 4th of July weekend. Godspeed. Daniel |
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| 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