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Top Artists in Comic Strip/Book Humor

Winsor McCay

1869/71 - 1934 • New York, Ohio, Michigan

Comic strip, animated cartoon

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Christmas Carolers Illustration Original Art (Walt Disney, 1938)

Hank Porter

1900 - 1951 • California, New York

Illustration art

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Auction Lots:216 (100% sold)

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Entang Wiharso

Born 1967 • Indonesia, United States

Shadow aluminum figures sculpture, video, installation, performance art

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Auction Lots:88 (68% sold)

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Calvin and Hobbes First Appearance of Spaceman Spiff Hand-Colored Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 11-29-85 (Universal Press Syndicate, 1985)

Bill Watterson

Born 1958 • Ohio, District Of Columbia

Cartoonist-"Calvin and Hobbes"

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Auction Lots:32 (97% sold)

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L B Cole

1918 - 1995 • United States

Illustration comics

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Auction Lots:47 (98% sold)

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Joe Shuster

1914 - 1992 • New York, California, Ontario / Canada

Cartoons, illustration, comic book artist

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Auction Lots:97 (90% sold)

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Peanuts Sunday Comic Strip Charlie Brown and Linus Christmas Original Art dated 12-18-66 (United Feature Syndicate, 1966)

Charles Monroe Schulz

1922 - 2000 • California, Minnesota

Illustration-cartoons

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Auction Lots:1,372 (95% sold)

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R.F. Outcault Buster Brown Sunday Comic Strip Original Art (New York Herald, 1900s)

Richard Outcault

1863 - 1928 • New York, Ohio

Cartoonist

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Auction Lots:158 (96% sold)

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Burne Hogarth

1911 - 1996 • New York, Illinois / France

Cartoonist, illustrator, animal

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Auction Lots:143 (90% sold)

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Lee Falk

1911 - 1999 • United States

Comics

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Auction Lots:102 (52% sold)

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Gary Larson

Born 1950 • California

Illustrator-cartoon

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Auction Lots:43 (100% sold)

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Prince Valiant #103 Partial Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 1-29-39 and Re-Creation of Missing Section (King Features Syndicate, 1939/c. 1980s)

Hal Rudolf Foster

1892 - 1982 • Illinois, Florida, Kansas, Nova Scotia / Canada

"Prince Valiant" comic strip, drawing

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Auction Lots:349 (93% sold)

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Ray Moore

1905 - 1984 • Missouri

Comic illustration

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Auction Lots:15 (100% sold)

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Conan Novel Cover Painting Original Art (Lancer/Ace, 1967)

Frank Frazetta

1928 - 2010 • New York, Florida

Fantasy paperback illustration, cartoons, comics

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Auction Lots:856 (89% sold)

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Walt Disney

1901 - 1966 • California, Missouri, Illinois

Cartoonist, drawing, designer, animator

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Auction Lots:280 (74% sold)

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Robert Crumb

Born 1943 • California / France

Female figure drawing, cartoons, caricature

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Auction Lots:1,217 (92% sold)

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Harvey Kurtzman

1924 - 1993 • New York

Comic strip artist, cartoons, Mad magazine editor

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Auction Lots:189 (99% sold)

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Phil Davis

1906 - 1964 • New York, Missouri

Cartoonist

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Auction Lots:154 (88% sold)

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The Gamble, Life Magazine cover, August 11, 1927

John Held Jr

1889 - 1958 • Connecticut, Florida, New Jersey

Jazz-Age genre, flapper figures-illustration

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Auction Lots:190 (78% sold)

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Maurizio Cattelan

Born 1960 • Italy

Mixed-media metaphorical objects-humor and satire

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Auction Lots:562 (76% sold)

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Norman Mingo

1896 - 1980 • New York

Illustrator-humorous portrait

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Auction Lots:131 (89% sold)

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Vaughn Bodé and Larry Todd Vampirella #3 Cover Painting Original Art (Warren, 1970)

Vaughn Bode

1941 - 1975 • New York, California

Underground comic strips, graffic design, graffiti

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Auction Lots:145 (88% sold)

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Bob Kane and Jerry Robinson Detective Comics #59 Cover Original Art (DC, 1942)

Bob (Kahn) Kane

1915 - 1998 • California, New York

Batman comic-strip artist

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Auction Lots:120 (88% sold)

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Joe Simon

1913 - 2011 • New York

Comic book artist-Captain America

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Auction Lots:142 (95% sold)

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Barnaby Daily Comic Strip Original Art (undated).

Crockett Johnson

1906 - 1976 • New York

Cartoonist, geometric-abstraction

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Auction Lots:8 (100% sold)

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E. C. Segar Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 1-24-37 (King Features Syndicate, 1937)

Elzie Segar

1894 - 1938 • Illinois, California

Illustrator-cartoonist

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Auction Lots:189 (95% sold)

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Dick Sprang

1915 - 2000 • New York, Arizona, Ohio

Comic strip

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Auction Lots:101 (92% sold)

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Bela Zaboly Thimble Theatre Starring Popeye Daily Comic Strip Original Art dated 3-23-40 (King Features, 1940)

Bill Zaboly

1910 - 1985 • Ohio

Painter, illustrator, etcher

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Auction Lots:7 (100% sold)

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Al Taliaferro Donald Duck Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 2-23-40 (King Features Syndicate, 1940)

Alfred Taliaferro

1905 - 1969 • California, Colorado

Cartoonist

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Auction Lots:126 (94% sold)

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Raymond Stuart

Born 1882 • New York, Minnesota

Calendar illustration

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Auction Lots:67 (85% sold)

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"Homes are scarce in this stone age." * "My Kingdom for a pair of roller skates." * "Ah, coconuts - at last I eat." (Group of 3)

Otto Messmer

1892 - 1983 • New Jersey

Cartoonist, animator

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Auction Lots:146 (95% sold)

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Lou Fine

1915 - 1971 • New York

Comic book superheroes, penciller and inker

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Auction Lots:63 (90% sold)

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Jack Davis Frontline Combat #14 Complete 7-Page Story "Whupped!" Original Art (EC, 1953)

Jack Burton Davis

1924 - 2016 • New York, Georgia

Magazine illustration, caricatures, drawing, humor

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Auction Lots:585 (96% sold)

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Doug Wildey

1922 - 1994 • United States

Illustration-western

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Auction Lots:51 (98% sold)

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John Romita Sr

1930 - 2023 • New York

Comic strip penciller and inker

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Auction Lots:516 (94% sold)

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Mutts Sunday Comic Strip Original Art dated 11-19-95

Patrick McDonnell

Born 1956 • New Jersey

Comic illustration

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Auction Lots:10 (100% sold)

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Johnny Gruelle

1880 - 1938 • Connecticut, Illinois

Illustrator-child books, cartoons

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Auction Lots:147 (88% sold)

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George Wilson

1921 - 1999 • California

Illustrator-magazine, comics

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Auction Lots:120 (97% sold)

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Bob Montana Pep Comics #90 Cover Original Art (Archie, 1952)

Robert "Bob" Montana

1920 - 1975 • California, New Hampshire

Cartoonist-illustrator

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Auction Lots:168 (94% sold)

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Fred Harman Jr

1902 - 1982 • Colorado, California, Arizona, Missouri

Cartoonist, cowboy-western genre painting

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Auction Lots:226 (72% sold)

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William De Beck

1890 - 1942 • New York, Illinois

Cartoonist, caricaturist

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Auction Lots:79 (94% sold)

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Rohan Wealleans

Born 1977 • New Zealand

Sculpture

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Auction Lots:43 (41% sold)

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Russ Manning Star Wars Sunday #2 Comic Strip Original Art dated 3-18-79 (Los Angeles Times Syndicate, 1979)

Russ (Russell) George Manning

1929 - 1981 • United States

Book and newspaper comic strip artist, penciller

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Auction Lots:176 (98% sold)

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Make Your Own Name Stickers Illustration Original Art Group of 6 (Topps, 1966)

Basil Wolverton

1909 - 1978 • United States

Comics

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Auction Lots:139 (96% sold)

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Rudolph Dirks

1877 - 1968 • New York / Germany

Cartoonist, landscape painting, engraving

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Auction Lots:91 (90% sold)

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Vernon Fisher

1943 - 2023 • Texas, Illinois

Mixed-media modernist genre, animal, conceptual art, symbolism, teaching

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Auction Lots:65 (89% sold)

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Jack Kirby

1917 - 1994 • New York, California

Cartoons, comic-book art, illustration

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Auction Lots:2,364 (97% sold)

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Betty Boop Daily Comic Strip Original Art, dated 11-16-34 (King Features Syndicate, 1934)

Bud Counihan

1887 - 1972

Comic illustration

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Auction Lots:13 (100% sold)

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Larry Lieber

Born 1931 • New York

Spider-Man comic strip

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Auction Lots:229 (97% sold)

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Harrison Cady

1877 - 1970 • New York, Massachusetts

Illustration, cartoons, landscape painting, etching

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Auction Lots:264 (81% sold)

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