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GEORGE SCARBO - Wonderful ZOO's WHO Panel Cartoon from 1949!

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GEORGE SCARBO - Wonderful ZOO's WHO Panel Cartoon from 1949! Comic Art

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Title:	GEORGE SCARBO - Wonderful ZOO's WHO Panel Cartoon from 1949!
Artist:	George Scarbo (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	SOLD!
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Added to Site:	8/16/2025
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George Scarbo (1898 -1966) is most well-known for the wonderful animals he drew in his Sunday topper strip, The Comic Zoo. The strip was created by Joe King in 1932 and was used as a topper for King's rather pedestrian strip Clownies. Scarbo took over the NEA feature for a one-year stint in 1933. The strip started up again on June 28, 1936, as a topper to J.R. Williams' Out Our Way. Scarbo previously worked as one of Williams' assistants and he stayed with The Comic Zoo until May 30, 1965, a year before he passed away. While never a Dickensian wordsmith, Scarbo had the ability to walk between illustrative and cartooning approaches with ease and was simply a terrific ink-slinger. He had an animated approach to his cartoons, but balanced that with a more realistic approach to drawing as well. We saw these modes of drawing most combined in Scarbo’s Zoo's Who feature, which ran on "The Girls and Girls Page" or "Young Folks" pages in newspapers. It was a sort of nature-based version of Ripley's Believe it or Not aimed at kids, but without the over-the-top approach. Scarbo drew Zoo's Who from June 5, 1948 until May 13, 1963.

I’m pleased to offer a wonderful example of Zoo's Who from February 24, 1949, pretty early in the run of the feature. Scarbo portrays a wonderfully realistic snail, as we discover how fast snails travel. Scarbo then breaks out his cartoon chops for the bits about the man-eating tiger and the Antarctic penguins. The juxtaposition between Scarbo’s two approaches in one panel is fascinating, and shows off his abilities well. Really lovely stuff. Measuring 12¼”x 10”, the panel cartoon is in terrific condition, solid Fine+. $200.00 + 12.00 first class shipping. SOLD!

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