Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Rex Morgan, M.D.</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-07-11
name: label: publisher
content: Publishers Newspapers Syndicate, Inc.
label: graphic artist
content: Bradley, Marvin
label: author
content: Edgington, Frank
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing prepared for the <i>Rex Morgan, M.D.</i> comic strip sees Luci Moreland about to move away to start a new job at a hospital. Tony Grand asks his brother Joey to give her a ride and attempts to persuade her to stay.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Marvin Bradley (1913-1986) was a comic artist who provided artwork for many strips including <i>Kerry Drake,</i> <i>Mary Worth,</i> and <i>Speed Spaulding.</i> In 1948 he worked with background artist Frank Edgington to draw <i>Rex Morgan, M.D.,</i> the strip that made them both famous. Bradley drew the strip until 1978, and then served as a consultant until his retirement in 1984.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Rex Morgan, M.D.</i> (1948- ) was created by Ohio-based psychiatrist Nicholas Dallis (1911-1991), who used the pseudonym Dal Curtis. Dallis wrote the strip based on his experience in the medical profession. He was persuaded to find a storyline to make the subject palatable. He used the young and handsome doctor named Rex Morgan, who often became involved with his patients, as a vehicle for his medical stories. Despite its heavy dramatization, the strip allowed the introduction of medical subjects that were instructional to the public.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Comic Art
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content: Communications
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: GA.22358
label: catalog number
content: 22358
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Object Type
content: Cartoon
label: Other Terms
content: drawing; Pen and Ink
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 18.4 cm x 55.9 cm; 7 1/4 in x 22 in