Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Mr. Abernathy</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-05-29
name: label: graphic artist
content: Jones, Ralston
label: publisher
content: King Features Syndicate
label: author
content: Ridgeway, Frank
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the <i>Mr. Abernathy</i> comic strip features Mr. Abernathy's secretary, Flossie, asking for the afternoon off. Mr. Abernathy denies her request but when she reveals she was hoping to shop for a new bathing suit, Abernathy quickly changes his mind and escorts her on her shopping trip.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Alexander Ralston “Bud” Jones Jr. (1927-2014) was an American comic artist made famous for the <i>Mr. Abernathy</i> newspaper strip. Jones and his partner, writer Frank Ridgeway, debuted the strip in 1957. During the time Ridgeway wrote for <i>Mr. Abernathy</i> he also wrote for both the Famous Studios and the Hanna-Barbera Studios. Jones resigned from the strip in the 1980s, while Ridgeway continued the strip as both the artist and writer until his death in 1994.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Mr. Abernathy</i> (1957-1994) was a short, balding multimillionaire with a butler named Dudley and a sweet, but forgetful secretary named Flossie. Though Mr. Abernathy had a successful business and an enormous fortune, he was often seen engaging in careless behavior, such as chasing young women.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Gender
label: Subject
content: Workers
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Cultures & Communities
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content: Comic Art
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content: Communications
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content: Art
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.22611
label: catalog number
content: 22611
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
label: Object Type
content: Drawings
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: 36.6 cm x 53.6 cm; 14 7/16 in x 21 1/8 in