John Cullen Murphy, Big Ben Bolt daily, May 15, 1964,

Artists: John Murphy (All) , Elliot Caplin (Writer)

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John Cullen Murphy, Big Ben Bolt daily, May 15, 1964, Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	John Cullen Murphy, Big Ben Bolt daily, May 15, 1964,
Artist:	John Murphy (All)
Artist:	Elliot Caplin (Writer)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	212
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	7
Added to Site:	9/6/2023
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Here's a cool daily from the classic newspaper strip Big Ben Bolt, primarily drawn by John Cullen Murphy from its inception in 1950 through to 1978. It was written by Al Cap's brother Elliot Caplin.

It's well known that he employed some of his artistic buddies (Al Williamson, Neal Adams, and several others) to occasionally cover for him over the decades he worked on it, so I'd be curious to hear if anyone has intel on whether this might have been worked on by others, but I'm assuming it's from Murphy's own hand.

I'm delighted to have an example with a mysterious boxer in training, great closeups of the titular character and one of his fellow reporters, and a great street scene. Love the facial expressions, hands, period clothes, gestures and staging.

Thanks for taking a look!

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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/6/2023

Fe-fe, fi-fi, fo-fo, fum
Big Ben Bolt in the auditorium

Archie Brown, Archie Brown
Seen him now, that Archie Brown
Finnerty get called
Just you wait and see
(John Cullen Murphy's always inkin' on me)

comicinkking. com
Member Since 2004

Posted on 9/6/2023

What's the song? "She used to be my girl..!" Nice daily - Murphy is underrated on BBB!

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 9/8/2023

comicinkking. com wrote:

What's the song? "She used to be my girl..!" Nice daily - Murphy is underrated on BBB!

JCM is absolutely underrated. Glad this passed on to me ultimately, even if I wound up paying more than I would have had I taken it off your hands at CAFlive lol

Tony Marine
Member Since 2016

Posted on 9/8/2023

artless artmore wrote:

JCM is absolutely underrated. Glad this passed on to me ultimately, even if I wound up paying more than I would have had I taken it off your hands at CAFlive lol

Oops!

John C
Member Since 2014

Posted on 9/7/2023

Down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier, down goes Frazier.

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 9/20/2023

Awesome Big Ben Bolt strip from the incredibly talented John Cullen Murphy! You don't see too much John Cullen Murphy art around, but he was an artist who was well-respected by his peers. The whole strip is beautifully drawn and inked by Murphy! Nicely balanced compostion with two tight closeups separated by a wide shot from outside a building. Terrific work, great pick-up!

Shelton Bryant
Member Since 2005

Posted on 9/26/2023

Beautiful and Crisp Draftsmanship...Wonderful Expressions!!

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