BATMAN3D - By the way "Thank you" for this book! For years I have wondered and looked for it. I just now started doing a little bit of buying on eBay. Kinda seems crazy but, ever since I turned 60, I long for the things of my childhood. This was one of those good memories. I smiled as I opened the box ... It's a book I will always treasure. I appreciate the fact the comic book was just as you described. I am finding out there are sellers out there that are somewhat deceptive. |
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Title: | Half Hitch Daily Comic Strip - Sailor Picking up Woman - 3/9/1970 Signed art by Dick Hodgins as Hank Ketcham |
Media Type: | Pencil and Ink |
Art Type: | Strip Art |
Genre: | Strip / newspaper art |
Artists: |
Dick Hodgins (all) |
23" x 8"
But in the late 1960s, when there once again was a soldier or a sailor in most families, King Features Syndicate started looking into something new, to tap into the popularity of its Beetle Bailey. Ketcham had proved his own drawing power with Dennis, so they decided on a revival of his diminutive sailor, dubbing him Half Hitch. The new version began as a daily and Sunday on Monday, February 16, 1970. Tho Ketcham's name went on it, this incarnation was written by Bob Saylor and drawn by Dick Hodgins, using a Ketchamesque style.
$150.00