Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Rip Kirby</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-09-10
name: label: author
content: Dickenson, Fred
label: graphic artist
content: Prentice, John
label: issuing authority
content: King Features Syndicate
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing prepared for the <i>Rip Kirby</i> comic strip shows Marion and Rip discussing Rip’s used car business troubles and Marion’s offer to help.
label: Description (Brief)
content: John Prentice (1920-1999) spent six years in the U.S. Navy during World War II before attending art school in Pittsburgh and soon afterward working in advertising and comic books. In 1956 he was asked to take over the <i>Rip Kirby</i> comic strip after the death of its creator, Alex Raymond. Prentice drew the strip, with writer Fred Dickenson, and later, on his own, until his own death in 1999.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Rip Kirby</i> (1946-1999) was a postwar ex-marine who turned to a private detective's career. Most <i>Rip Kirby</i> stories saw the title character using humor and imagination to solve crimes instead of physical force. Kirby was often seen with his frail assistant, Desmond, or his longtime girlfriend, Honey Dorian.
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.22617
label: catalog number
content: 22617
label: accession number
content: 277502
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
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 cm x 48.3 cm; 6 5/16 in x 19 in