Camera-ready comic art drawing for <i>Henry</i>
date: label: date made
content: 1966-09-25
name: label: graphic artist
content: Anderson, Carl
label: graphic artist
content: Liney, John
label: publisher
content: King Features Syndicate
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the <i>Henry</i> comic strip shows the title character becoming excited when he thinks a window painting reads free ice cream. But after telling his friends and bringing them back to enjoy the ice cream, he realizes the painter hadn’t finished painting the sign.
label: Description (Brief)
content: Carl Thomas Anderson (1865-1948) was a carpenter before he was an artist. He received formal art training in Philadelphia and in 1890 was offered a job with <i>The New York World,</i> where he launched a strip for the Sunday comics called <i>Little Filipino and the Chick.</i> William Randolph Hearst then hired Anderson to work for the <i>New York Journal.</i> Anderson transitioned into freelancing and carpentry during the Great Depression. In 1932 Anderson's work on <i>Henry</i> was accepted by the <i>Saturday Evening Post.</i> The strip was an immediate success, and Anderson continued drawing the strip until his death in 1948.
label: Description (Brief)
content: <i>Henry</i> (1932-1995, dailies, 1935-2005, Sundays) had its beginnings as a successful Depression-era comic strip, especially because of its recognizable lead character. Henry's childlike characteristics including his large, bald head, round belly, and stocky limbs were strengthened by his limited script. <i>Henry</i> was seen in a Fleischer Studios' short film, where Henry actually spoke, and in color comic books between 1946 and 1961. <i>Henry</i> is still shown in classic reruns across the country.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: Subject
content: Children
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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: Family & Social Life
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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.22371
label: catalog number
content: 22371
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: 49.4 cm x 64.4 cm; 19 7/16 in x 25 3/8 in