It's Me, Dilly!
date: label: date made
content: 2/10/1958
name: label: graphic artist
content: James, Alfred
label: graphic artist
content: Casson, Mel
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Original pen and ink “camera ready” drawing for the It’s Me, Dilly! comic strip (1958-1962) by Alfred James (1912-1983) and Mel Casson (1920-2008), dated February 10, 1958.
label: Description (Brief)
content: This strip shows Dilly and her fencing partner discussing the preferred attributes of a man they would choose for a husband.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Alfred James, pseudonym for Alfred Andriola, (1912-1983) co-created “It’s Me, Dilly!” with Mel Casson. Andriola also wrote for other strips including Terry and the Pirates, Scorchy Smith, and Kerry Drake.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Mel Casson (1920-2008), hailing from Boston, began his career at “The Saturday Evening Post.” He co-created “It’s Me, Dilly!” with Alfred James (Alfred Andriola) between 1958-1962.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2010.0081.288
objectType: label: Object Name
content: drawing
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 16.9 cm x 50.5 cm; 6 21/32 in x 19 7/8 in