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The exhibition features classic strips, including
Archie, Blondie, Beetle Bailey, Ferd‘nand,
Nancy, Peanuts, Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny,
and Yogi Bear. Action-packed comic strips
like Steve Canyon, Terry and the Pirates, Dick
Tracy, Mandrake the Magician, Tarzan, Lone
Ranger, The Phantom, Dr. Kildare, and Brenda
Starr, among others, are featured in the show.
Both daily and Sunday strips are included in
the exhibition, which also explores the creative
process, production, and medium of comics.
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Original comic strips by artists Milton Caniff,
Charles Schulz, Chester Gould, Mort Walker,
Lee Falk, and Chic Young take center stage
in this memorable exhibition of more than 90
works, nearly all drawn from The Museum’s
stellar collection. The comics will transport
visitors back to an age when a variety of strips
— action, drama, westerns, historical and
humorous — captured a nation’s imagination
in the newspapers of the day. Holdings are
particularly strong in works by Caniff, who was
the most decorated American cartoonist of all
time, known as the “Rembrandt of cartoons,”
and creator of the masterful series Terry and
the Pirates (1930s through 1940s) and Steve
Canyon (1940s through 1950s), among others.
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The Funnies:
Vintage Comic Strips
1940s – 1960s
FAR LEFT: The Flintstones, Hanna-Barbera Productions, Inc. © 1964, McNaught Syndicate, Inc., Little Orphan Annie, 1964, King Features Syndicate, Inc.,
Yogi Bear: Jr. Trail Blazers, Hanna-Barbera Productions ©, c. 1960s, Inc., McNaught Syndicate, Inc.
TOP RIGHT: Gallery installation, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pa.
BOTTOM RIGHT: Gallery installation, Reading Public Museum, Reading, Pa.
CONTENTS: 96 framed works (includes 81 original comic strips, 12 hand-colored character studies, 2 promotional Peanuts
posters, and one full-size, color Sunday comic strip [as published]), digital extended object labels, and didactic panels
SIZE: Approximately 300 linear feet
EXHIBITION TOUR: South Bend Museum of Art, South Bend, In.
For exhibition fee and availability, please see enclosed price sheet.