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Gunsmoke
National Lampoon Presents: The Very Large Book of Comical Funnies -- published cover
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DescriptionGUNSMOKE was the hottest TV series in the 1950s and Russ drew these three large (23" x 7 1/4") try-out strips as samples in order to generate work. They are all very detailed and technically accurate per Russ's high standards of realism. Each strip is also hand-signed by Russ in one panel. His signature, like many other comic legends, is a piece of stylish artwork in itself. Not wanting work he was proud of to go unseen (or unpaid for), Russ "recycled" various panels of the three samples in 1975 for The National Lampoon in a story titled: "Il Showdown A Rio Jawbone" which was published in NATIONAL LAMPOON PRESENTS: THE VERY LARGE BOOK OF COMICAL FUNNIES.Social/Sharing |
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frank x townsondecker 
Member Since 2006
Posted on 4/20/2014
David K wrote:
Heath's work here is stunning!!!Ditto, great stuff!!!
George Hagenauer
Member Since 2005
Posted on 7/15/2020
Wow these were the pieces Russ had pasted on his montage backbaord at the first Nostalgia con in Chicago in I think 1974. I thought they had been destroyed. It is interesting because he literally cut up Sea Devils pages fro mthe first issue and pasted them on the board but tje western art was left intact. Gunsmoke the comic strip ended up in england as Gun Law under the capable hands of Harry Bishop. I thought the samples were long lost by russ glad to see they survived. (He wouldn't have sold the montage and i couldn't have afforded it anyway even back then when I bought a Sea Devils page from him for $15)
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