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First Appearance of Judy, Gasoline Alley Daily, 28 Feb 1935

Artist: Frank King (All)

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First Appearance of Judy, Gasoline Alley Daily, 28 Feb 1935 Comic Art

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Title:	First Appearance of Judy, Gasoline Alley Daily, 28 Feb 1935
Artist:	Frank King (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,354
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	4/18/2013
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This important daily was sold as being the first appearance of Walt and Phyllis Wallet's third child, Judy. It is identified as the first Judy on the Wallet Family Tree prepared by the current Gasoline Alley artist, Jim Scancarelli. [Thanks to Suat Ng for pointing this out to me.] Other sources state that Judy first appeared a day earlier, on February 27, 1935, but that strip probably just shows Walt finding a package on the seat of his locked car. In any event, since the heirs of Frank King apparently did not have the original of the strip for February 27, this strip, at worst, is most likely the earliest surviving example of a strip which shows the Running Board Baby who ultimately is known as Judy Wallet. It also is one of the liveliest, best drawn strips by King from this period.

The original caption for this strip was �Abandoned by the stork?"

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Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009

Posted on 4/18/2013

There was only one collector who I expected to win this and who will treasure it more than any other.

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