Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Dick Tracy</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-05-21
name: label: original artist
content: Gould, Chester
label: publisher
content: Tribune Printing Company
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the <i>Dick Tracy</i> comic strip shows Tracy coming back from a trip to the moon and getting notice that his help is needed to catch an escaped fugitive.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Chester Gould (1900-1985) began his career in the early 1920s cartooning for <i>The Daily Oklahoman.</i> Shortly afterwards he began drawing his strips <i>Fillum Fables</i> and <i>The Radio Catts.</i> Gould's <i>Dick Tracy</i> strip ran beginning in 1931. He drew and wrote <i>Dick Tracy</i> until he retired in 1977.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Dick Tracy</i> (1931- ) is a police detective who is shown using science and technology to his advantage in order to solve his crimes. His "2-Way Wrist Radio" was an example of his futuristic interests. During the 1960s Gould began receiving criticism about the strip, especially for its politics and celebration of the police. This criticism prompted more science fiction-directed stories, such as Tracy’s visits to the moon. The <i>Dick Tracy</i> story has seen adaptations to radio, film, television, books, and comic books.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Criminal Investigation
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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.22594
label: catalog number
content: 22594
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: 47 cm x 50 cm; 18 1/2 in x 19 11/16 in