DANNY DINGLE Daily Comic Strip Original Art 2-2-1933 BERNARD DIBBLE Elephants

  

Offered for sale is the original artwork for the comic strip DANNY DINGLE written and drawn by Bernard "Dib" Dibble. Art Type: Daily comic strip original artwork. Medium: Pen and ink over pencil/graphite on Bristol art board.

Publisher: United Feature Syndicate, Inc. Publication Date: February 2, 1933. Dimensions: 22.5" wide by 5.5" tall (board dimensions; image slightly smaller).

The Danny Dingle strip (aka "Danny") ran from 1924 to 1938 and was written and drawn by Bernard DIbble, who also worked on several other comic strips assisting Rudolf Dirks on The Captain and the Kids, Gus Mager on Hawkshaw the Detective, and Ernie Bushmiller on Nancy and Fritzi Ritz. He drew the one-pager Jonesy for Will Eisner's comic supplement (the Spirit section) through 1949. Danny Dingle was a humor strip in the mold of Moon Mullins, and followed the adventures of good-hearted but not the sharpest knife in the drawer (and frequently unemployed) Danny. This daily features Danny, working as head water boy for an elephant act at the Bijou Theater, and his oddball cousin Dewberry, who spikes the elephants' water with his "wicked elixir".

Not sure what's in the potion, but the elephants cut loose and run amok through the town. A cute gag well rendered by Dibble. A nice example of a rarely seen original strip. The art is in very good to excellent overall condition. Board has toned/darkened in upper right corner.

Tape residue, pink ink and pencil notes to reverse. Please check my other listings for a selection of books, graphic novels, original comic art, CDs, DVDs, knives, and other collectibles. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Comic Books & Memorabilia\Original Comic Art". The seller is "rfcarlinii" and is located in this country: US.

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• Character: Danny Dingle
• Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
• Item Height: 5.5 in.
• Theme: Comics
• Inscribed: No
• Title: Danny Dingle
• Type: Comic Strip Art
• Illustrator: Bernard Dibble
• Item Length: 22.5 in.
• Autograph Format: Hard Signed
• Signed: Yes
• Signed By: Bernard \
• Tradition: US Comics
• Publisher: United Feature Syndicate, Inc.
• Year of Production: 1933
• Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
• Era: Platinum Age (1897-1937)