I didn’t know the artist or name
of the strip when I won this strip in a Heritage Auction bidding. Who was the
artist? What was the strip? Heritage Auction left at a terse “unknown”. It was
cheap (postage cost as much as the winning bid), and appealing in a naive sort
of way. I liked the design of the "human": the character reminds me
(in fact, the whole piece reminds me) of a cross between Basil Wolverton and
Richard Sala.
Turns out, the artist is S. M.
Iger. According to Jim Wheelock:
Jim Wheelock According to Wikipedia, Eisner & Iger had Universal
Phoenix Features, studio which produced strips for weekly papers and foreign
sales, like Hawk of the Seas. When Eisner left to do the Spirit, Iger called it
Phoenix Features. Eisner left in 1940, but this could be from earlier,by the
style -- '37 '38. iger was an artist, and might have actually worked on it.”
“Bobby” or “Bobby and Captain
Patch” is the name of the strip.
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