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Roy Crane Wash Tubbs daily Feb 23, 1938

Artist: Roy Crane (All)

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Roy Crane Wash Tubbs daily Feb 23, 1938 Comic Art

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Title:	Roy Crane Wash Tubbs daily Feb 23, 1938
Artist:	Roy Crane (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	47
Likes on CAF:	3 4
Comments:	6
Added to Site:	12/28/2025
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This strip has sold on Heritage three times in three years. I was an underbidder on the second sale, and picked it up this time on my second try. I can tell you this, they've skimmed their last buyer's premium off of this graphic masterwork for a while! To me it's a perfect strip, visually gorgeous and thematically emblematic of the whole series. Wash's pal Gozy, here dragging him off to the start of (presumably!) another wild episode, is actually Wash's FIRST partner in two-fisted adventure, in this, the first adventure strip, from before Captain Easy appeared to take over the role. Now settled down with wife and kids, Gozy's rebellion will fizzle out within a few strips, as his lumbago renders him helpless at freight hopping and Wash has to drag his sorry ass back to home and hearth--it's a little nostalgiac head fake from Crane, before the long, eventful story of Wash's own engagement and eventual marriage unspools. After that, Wash too will settle down as Leslie Turner and Captain Easy take over the strip, and Crane moves on to Buzz Sawyer.

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Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 12/29/2025

Love that first panel!! Every comic artist can learn a lot from just looking at more Crane.

artless artmore
Member Since 2013

Posted on 12/29/2025

Terrific daily! Enjoyed your commentary as well

Monty B
Member Since 2006

Posted on 12/29/2025

Absolutely gorgeous strip! This originally came from the Bobby G. Murphy collection, so quite the provenance...

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 12/29/2025

Monty B wrote:

Absolutely gorgeous strip! This originally came from the Bobby G. Murphy collection, so quite the provenance...

Oh, thanks! I didn't know that.

Paul Roach
Member Since 2014

Posted on 12/29/2025

Lovely technique on the car and the snow, and a perfect viewing angle for the dyamic final panel.

Kavi H
Member Since 2018

Posted on 12/29/2025

Perfect snow-filled daily by Crane, excellent!

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