Hake S Topps Bazooka Joe And His Gang Original Wesley Morse Art Pair 4.75x5.75" and 3 7 8x8.75" thin artboard sheets w original pen and ink comic strip art by "bazooka joe" creator wesley morse (who is also known for his tijuana bible 8 pager art). strips have title block stats, rest (excluding offer stats at end) is original art. first strip consists of three panels and is dated 1960. Shrink wrapped archival mats have thin art board sheets w original pen and ink comic strip art by "bazooka joe" creator wesley morse (also known for his tijuana bible 8 pager art) done for bubble gum insert comics. strips have title block stats, rest is original art. one is dated 1960, another 1962. two are “dollar size”.
Hake S Topps Bazooka Joe And His Gang Original Wesley Morse Art Pair Lot of three approx. 4x6.25" to 4x6.75" artboards w pencil and watercolor original art by wesley morse (1897 1963), noted for his creation of bazooka joe in 1953 for topps bubble gum, and also for creating the copa girl for the copacabana night club. he's also noted for his work on 8 pagers, aka tijuana bibles. most of his work is unsigned. Bazooka joe. from 1954 on topps released several series of bazooka joe episodes each year. it is generally known that morse was chosen to draw the strip by woody gelman, creative director for topps. gelman knew of his legendary work on the tijuana bibles and had seen his comic strip work of the 20s and 30s and pin up art of the 40s. Shrink wrapped archival mats have thin art board sheets w original pen and ink comic strip art by bazooka joe creator wesley morse (also known for his tijuana bible 8 pager art) done for bubble gum. Find friends." not exactly fortune cookie stuff there. maybe the best thing about the book was reading about the original bazooka joe comic artist, wesley morse. morse cut his teeth as a artist drawing pin up girls and mildly pornographic comics, but went on to create the most wholesome and corny of all american comics. oh, the lives people lead.
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