Camera-ready comic strip, entitled <i>Alley Oop</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-05-19
name: label: graphic artist
content: Hamlin, Vincent T.
label: publisher
content: NEA, Inc.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the <i>Alley Oop</i> comic strip shows Paleolithic cavemen trying to organize an “Eating Club.” Then they discuss the concept of eating first and organizing later.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Vincent Trout "V. T." Hamlin (1900-1993) studied art and journalism after his service in World War I. His comic strip <i>Alley Oop</i> was first published in 1932. The storyline is said to have been inspired during his work for a Texas oil company during the 1920s. Hamlin wrote and drew the strip until 1971.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Alley Oop</i> (1932- ) is a comic strip set in prehistoric times. The cast includes the title character; his girlfriend, Oola; his best friend, Foozy; his adversary, King Guz; and his pet dinosaur, Dinny. <i>Alley Oop</i> has been known for its liberal use of time and space travel. Oop and his friends have visited Ancient Egypt, Crusades-era Europe, and the moon. Over the years, the title character was also included in comic books and in the television-animated Saturday series called the <i>Fabulous Funnies.</i>
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
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content: Popular Entertainment
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content: Family & Social Life
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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.22467
label: catalog number
content: 22467
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: 16.8 cm x 53.1 cm; 6 5/8 in x 20 7/8 in