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Caniff Terry Marching Army 1938

Artist: Milton Caniff (All)

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Caniff Terry Marching Army 1938 Comic Art

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Title:	Caniff Terry Marching Army 1938
Artist:	Milton Caniff (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,822
Likes on CAF:	4 5
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	13
Added to Site:	6/21/2011
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Description

I am a big fan of Caniff's landscape drawing & have been looking for a good example. I won this on Ebay thinking it was drawn as a gift, but have been enlightened (see comments). The image is 6.5" high and is the penultimate panel of the April 3, 1938 Sunday. A lot of people including me would like to find the rest of this strip! This panel is the last I'm pretty sure to contain both Burma and the Dragon Lady, albeit the size of ants(see additional images), and it concludes the Klang storyline. Caniff's coloring here is very close to the print colors as reproduced in the IDW edition. Blues and greens have faded greatly- you can see the original colors at top & left where the mat covered it.

The very classy dedication is to Mollie Slott (what a great name!), editorial assistant to Joseph Patterson when Caniff began 'Terry'. She also discovered Dale Messick and eventually became a Director of the Chicago Tribune/ NY Daily News Syndicate.

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P. Portillo
Member Since 2006

Posted on 6/21/2011

Very nice, Aaron. I was watching it on eBay too and it's definitely a cool piece.

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 6/22/2011

Great piece. I was watching it too but had to sit it out. I am glad it found a good home and thank you for the nice scan so we can all enjoy it. please keep me in mind if you get tired of it.

Rob Stolzer
Member Since 2004

Posted on 7/10/2011

Ah, Aaron, so you're the fiend who outbid me for this piece ~:c) At least it went to a good home and a good guy. The piece is earlier than you wrote, and is two-thirds of the bottom tier of the April 3, 1938 Sunday page. And you'll be further delighted to know that the figure in the red cloak/robe by the car in the foreground is a certain blond bombshell. Congrats Aaron!

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 7/10/2011

Rob Stolzer wrote:

Holy cats! I thought the style looked earlier, but the size threw me off. Thanks Rob! I must revise my intro.

Michael Kenyon
Member Since 2008

Posted on 4/7/2013

I'm a huge Caniff fan especially *Terry* I think of two OA collectors, portfolios in hand sitting acroos from each other.. They take turns pulling out their stuff..the other guy saves his best for last and lays it on the table..grinning. And than you bust out this baby and the smile fades...your adversary turns and walks away. That's what great art can do...drive a man to crazy thoughts like this.

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/7/2013

Michael Kenyon wrote:

HAH! Thank you Michael, that must be the ultimate collector compliment!

Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/7/2013

I only just saw this - it's a pretty spectacular example.

Bernard Voorzichtig
Member Since 2012

Posted on 11/10/2013

Great piece of art !

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 3/7/2014

Spellbinding panel...such a great drawing and a crucial juncture for this classic strip. What a treasure!

Dave H
Member Since 2011

Posted on 5/5/2014

The rendering of the landscape is just beautiful and the coloring, even if faded, knocks me out. It's a great piece. Congratulations Aaron.

Thomas Vanderstappen
Member Since 2005

Posted on 1/20/2015

Awesome piece!

Ben Friedman
Member Since 2006

Posted on 7/12/2015

Can't believe I never saw this before. Fabulous!

Bill J
Member Since 2009

Posted on 7/2/2019

Wonderful! Caniff was so good! Fabulous score!

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