Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Winnie Winkle</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1964-08-16
name: label: graphic artist
content: Branner, Martin
label: publisher
content: Tribune Printing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing prepared for the <i>Winnie Winkle</i> comic strip shows Ethel going sightseeing with Vic Ventura. Vic is trying to deceive Ethel by appealing to her sympathy.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Martin Branner (1888-1970) was a vaudeville star-turned-cartoonist after his service in World War I. In his first few years working in comics, he produced short-lived strips until he hit on <i>Winnie Winkle the Breadwinner</i> in 1920. The title of the strip was shortened to <i>Winnie Winkle</i> in 1943.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Winnie Winkle</i> (1920-1996), about a female family breadwinner, began as a story about the young woman named Winnie who took care of her adopted younger brother. Winnie matured slightly during the years, and eventually became an adult, got married, and served as a single parent during her husband's soldiering years. Though the strip started out in a daily “gag” format, over time it transitioned into a soap opera-themed strip. <i>Winnie Winkle</i> made a brief crossover into comic books, but the longer storylines were not as popular.
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.22610
label: catalog number
content: 22610
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: 29.8 cm x 71 cm; 11 3/4 in x 27 15/16 in