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Frank King Gasoline Alley daily 8-11-51

Artist: Frank King (All)

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Frank King Gasoline Alley daily 8-11-51 Comic Art

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Title:	Frank King Gasoline Alley daily 8-11-51
Artist:	Frank King (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,452
Likes on CAF:	2 3
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	9
Added to Site:	12/19/2019
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Description

When you talk about erotic heat in comic art, you might think of Caniff, Frazetta, Matt Baker? Manara? Crepax? Eisner? Jeff Jones, Adam Hughes? Everett? Bode? Well, submitted for your consideration: Frank King. He could if he wanted to.

This strip was cut in two and the artwork slightly trimmed in order to fit into a standard frame (see additional image). If you look closely you can see where the missing pieces have been painstakingly recreated using vintage paper (by Gordon Christman).

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Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 12/19/2019

A case of Double Nostalgia: Not only for the pair's earlier days; but also for the artist and his early forays into shadows and silhouettes. Congrtas on getting this.

Steve Kro
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 12/20/2019

Stunning! Love the shadows.

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 12/20/2019

Agreed. Love the shadows! And the heat.

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 12/20/2019

Gorgeous use of light and shadows. It is a brilliant revisiting of themes and styles from over 25 years before for King. Great find and thank you for having it restored for future generations of art collectors.

Mark N.
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 12/20/2019

What the other 4 guys said. And more!

(This commentary group is some pretty esteemed company!)

Mark

Thomas Ward
Member Since 2004

1 - Posted on 12/26/2019

King did some awesome dailies using shadows, this is obviously one of them. Great job on the restoration as well, I had used him before on my Rusty Riley daily, highly recommended!

Jerry C.
Member Since 2009

1 - Posted on 1/14/2020

Gorgeous, poetic, romantic, moving! The best strip ever?

Roger K.
Member Since 2005
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1 - Posted on 1/28/2020

I was remiss in not commenting on this when you first got it. This is probably my favorite King GA daily ever! I love this strips where he plays with light and shadows and (on the Sundays) colors. Just wonderful!

Chris K.
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 2/9/2020

One of my absolute favorite sequences from Gasoline Alley - a gorgeous example!

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