Gasoline Alley - 21 报纸页面与连环漫画 - 1924

Rare surviving episodes from various Sunday Comics sections, featuring episodes of Gasoline Alley by Frank King on one each single full page from 1924. 21 pages

Only some images are selected. Early Frank King !

Comic on the back: School Days of Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn by Clare Victor Dwiggins (Dwig)

Gasoline Alley. Frank King was an American newspaper comic artist, most famous for his signature series 'Gasoline Alley' (1918- ), which is the second-longest running comic strip in the world, only behind Rudolph Dirks' 'Der Katzenjammer Kids' (1897-2006). Contrary to the latter series it is still in syndication today (2024), bound to possibly break its record by 2027. 'Gasoline Alley' is the epitome of a comic strip family saga. It has followed the daily antics of its protagonists Walt and Skeezix for over a whole century now. 'Gasoline Alley' has always moved along with the times by having its characters age. By now, the original characters have four generations worth of children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and a revolving door-cast of new people moving in and out their neighborhood. 'Gasoline Alley' is a slice-of-life comic strip, based on recognizable everyday events in a quiet, domestic setting. Together with Chic Jackson's 'Roger Bean' (1913-1934), it was the first soap opera in the world, long before radio and TV created their own long-running soaps. But the comic strip has more to offer than mundane events. King provided a heartwarming family dynamic which has moved readers for
decades. And even within his conformist setting, he still experimented with visually interesting lay-outs, coloring and audacious breaks in graphic style. Some of his Sunday pages are less story-based and instead offer poetic atmosphere. In no other art form, also beyond the world of comics, has there ever been a work that expressed so much humanity over the course of a full century.

The pages are in very good condition, wrinkles, tears, flaking and missing pieces occur.

Will be shipped with track&trace.

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