Ward, Thomas :: Percy Crosby

American Weekly Cover 1935.02.17 "Childhood Tragedies"

Artist: Percy Crosby (All)

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American Weekly Cover 1935.02.17 Childhood Tragedies Comic Art

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Title:	American Weekly Cover 1935.02.17 "Childhood Tragedies"
Artist:	Percy Crosby (All)
Media Type:	Paint - Watercolor
Art Type:	Cover
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	113
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	2/6/2025
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First off, I wish to thank "Johnny C." for selling me this cover. He is an awesome person to deal with and is truly one of the best.

�Childhood Tragedies� from February 17, 1935, by Percy Crosby the creator of Skippy. Crosby created two series of covers for the �American Weekly Magazine� supplement. The first one appeared in late 1933 called �City Shadows� and the second one �Childhood Tragedies� in early 1935. Both series were rather depressing but given the times being in the middle of the �Great Depression� it�s understandable. I have only seen original artwork for three of them so far, all three were from the �Childhood Tragedies� series. Two of these appeared in Heritage Auctions and both were labeled wrong saying they were from �Life� magazine. If anyone has the tear sheets in color for these two series, please let me know. Please contact if you have any original artwork for any of these covers as well.

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Last Login:	September 2025
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Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/7/2025

I like that we get to see the colors here and how it's translated into tones for the b&w the publication. Something unique just for thos looking at the original.

Thomas Ward
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 2/7/2025

Marcus Wai wrote:

I like that we get to see the colors�here and how it's translated into tones for the b&w the publication.� Something unique just for thos looking at the original.� �

Thanks for your comment, but the actual cover that was used in the newspapers was in color. I had to use the b&w because that is the only one I could find. Hopefully sometime in the future I can find the actual color tear sheet.

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 2/7/2025

Thomas Ward wrote:

Thanks for your comment, but the actual�cover that was used in the newspapers was in color.� I had to use the b&w because that is the only one I could find.� Hopefully sometime in the future I can find the actual color tear sheet.

That's wou;d be cool to see with the stained glass colors and the bright red carpet. I guess this depression era piece is to show us this scamp wearing his father's clothes is seeing how the other half lives.

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