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Chester Gould Dick Tracy Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 1-24-44 (Chicago Tribune, 1944)
Auction: 01/12/2023 - 1/15/2023
Lot: 93041
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1900 Pawnee, Oklahoma - 1985. Known for: Illustrations-cartoon.
Cartoonist Chester Gould, as a young boy, fell under the spell of Mutt and Jeff and Sherlock Holmes. In 1931, he created Dick Tracy, a strip that became nearly as successful as Bud Fishers, and... Read full biography
Cartoonist Chester Gould, as a young boy, fell under the spell of Mutt and Jeff and Sherlock Holmes. In 1931, he created Dick Tracy, a strip that became nearly as successful as Bud Fishers, and featured a detective who became nearly as well-known as Conan Doyles. Gould, the son of a publisher of a... Read full biography
Cartoonist Chester Gould, as a young boy, fell under the spell of Mutt and Jeff and Sherlock Holmes. In 1931, he created Dick Tracy, a strip that became nearly as successful as Bud Fishers, and featured a detective who became nearly as well-known as Conan Doyles. Gould, the son of a publisher of a weekly newspaper, was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 1900. Gould once said "It was probably that influence which got me into the frame of mind to become a cartoonist." He migrated to Chicago in 1921 to... Read full biography
Cartoonist Chester Gould, as a young boy, fell under the spell of Mutt and Jeff and Sherlock Holmes. In 1931, he created Dick Tracy, a strip that became nearly as successful as Bud Fishers, and featured a detective who became nearly as well-known as Conan Doyles. Gould, the son of a publisher of a weekly newspaper, was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 1900. Gould once said "It was probably that influence which got me into the frame of mind to become a cartoonist." He migrated to Chicago in 1921 to finish college. Although he majored in business administration, he went from school directly into drawing for newspapers. The years before he signed his Dick Tracy contract, Gould recalled, were a decade of frustrating experiences in just about every... Read full biography
Cartoonist Chester Gould, as a young boy, fell under the spell of Mutt and Jeff and Sherlock Holmes. In 1931, he created Dick Tracy, a strip that became nearly as successful as Bud Fishers, and featured a detective who became nearly as well-known as Conan Doyles. Gould, the son of a publisher of a weekly newspaper, was born in Pawnee, Oklahoma in 1900. Gould once said "It was probably that influence which got me into the frame of mind to become a cartoonist." He migrated to Chicago in 1921 to finish college. Although he majored in business administration, he went from school directly into drawing for newspapers. The years before he signed his Dick Tracy contract, Gould recalled, were a decade of frustrating experiences in just about every Chicago newspaper art department. While he shifted from paper to paper, Gould kept inventing comic strips. Some of the sold, some of them did no... Read full biography
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Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeChester Gould Dick Tracy Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 9-1-40 (Chicago Tribune Syndicate, 1940)
Chester Gould Auction: 06/22/2023 - 6/23/2023Lot: 95205Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeChester Gould Dick Tracy Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 1-28-44 (Chicago Tribune, 1944)
Chester Gould Auction: 02/22/2018 - 2/24/2018Lot: 92086Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeChester Gould Dick Tracy Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 12-22-40 (Chicago Tribune, 1940)
Chester Gould Auction: 09/12/2025 - 9/14/2025Lot: 95165Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeDick Tracy Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 2-18-44 (Tribune, 1944)
Chester Gould Auction: 08/01/2019 - 8/3/2019Lot: 94142Subscribe or get free alerts
Art images copyright© of artist or assigneeChester Gould Dick Tracy Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 7-14-40 (Chicago Tribune Syndicate, 1940)
Chester Gould Auction: 06/17/2021 - 6/19/2021Lot: 95216Subscribe or get free alerts
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