Collection of Original Art for UNCLE WIGGILY Comic Strip and Newspaper Stories

From Newspaper To Picture Book

Collection of Original Art for UNCLE WIGGILY Comic Strip and Newspaper Stories

Written by Howard Garis, illustrated by Lang Campbell

1920-1927

Large collection of original art for the UNCLE WIGGILY newspaper stories and comic strips, demonstrating the artistic production process for the long-running series, and later used as picture book illustrations.

Very good plus.

Price: $12,000.00

Collection of Original Art for UNCLE WIGGILY Comic Strip and Newspaper Stories

Howard Garis's clever prose paired with Lang Campbell's expressive art resulted in one of the best-loved children's series of the early 20th century. UNCLE WIGGLY ran during the same period as Thornton Burgess's BEDTIME STORIES column, and while both featured animals humanized to varying degrees, UNCLE WIGGILY's frequent slapstick humor and lighter tone arguably gave it more robust cultural staying power. Its popularity carried over into 32 UNCLE WIGGILY picture books, compiled from stories that first appeared in the newspaper and including the same illustrations with the addition of color. The sharp contrasts between black and white needed to produce a visually legible image in a newspaper made for excellent picture book foundations.

This collection demonstrates Campbell's consistency over the course of his 1919-1929 working relationship with Garis. The dated pairs of illustrations, running from 1920 to 1927, and the undated but contemporary comic strips also offer a look at Campbell's perfectionist artistic process: absent are the flurry of white-out corrections frequently seen in original art prepared for newspapers. A compelling array.

The Object

n.p. n.p, 1920-1927. From 6'' x 9.5'' to 7.5'' x 14''. 43 loose leaves of pen-and-ink art, 17 leaves in comic strip form and 26 leaves with two illustrations each. Pencil notation to fronts and backs, including titles, dates, layouts, and notes. Leaves frequently with pinholes to corners, occasional light soil to margins and versos. Clean overall.

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