Sickles, Noel - Scorchy Smith, 5-19-36

Artist: Noel Sickles (All)

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Sickles, Noel - Scorchy Smith, 5-19-36 Comic Art

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Artwork Details

Title:	Sickles, Noel - Scorchy Smith, 5-19-36
Artist:	Noel Sickles (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	1,340
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	11
Added to Site:	5/15/2018
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Description

Noel Sickles drew comic strips for only three years, but had amazing impact on the medium. He adapted visual storytelling techniques from motion pictures and utilized a more impressionistic style in representing people, scenery and action in his art. He brought attitude to the depiction of his characters. You must be pretty special to influence one of the greatest strip artists of all time - Milton Caniff - who was his studio mate. Caniff would adopt a similar style in creating Terry & the Pirates.

In this beautifully detailed and striking example (IMHO) from May 19, 1936, a despondent Mickey tries to figure out a way to escape her confinement while confined in the women�s quarters of Elkerak and attended to by a native woman.

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Joined:	August 2008
Last Login:	January 2026
Country:	UNITED STATES
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David K
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/15/2018

Very nice!!

Ron S
Member Since 2007

Posted on 5/15/2018

Very cool! I like learning about new strips at Ronan University!

Ruben DaCollector
Member Since 2008

Posted on 5/16/2018

I absolutely LOVE the Noel Sickles Scorchy Smith art, and this is a magnificent example. Fabulous!

Suat Tong Ng
Member Since 2009

Posted on 5/16/2018

Excellent!

Mark Howland
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/16/2018

Love the floor plan. Love the portraits. Love the intimacy and moment-by-moment narration. Another great addition, Chris!

frank x townsondecker
Member Since 2006

Posted on 5/16/2018

Fantastic!!!

Thomas Ward
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/22/2018

Great pick-up Chris! Yes you can really see Sickles style in Caniff's Terry and the Pirates...it's a shame Sickles didn't stick around a little while longer.

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 5/25/2018

I don't know how I missed you posting this one. Fantastic example with beautiful female art...perfect!

Joakim Gunnarsson
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 10/22/2021

I remember holding this in my hands at a SDCC back in ca 2001. The cache of Noel Sickles Scorchy dailies saved by Bert Christman had just turned up, and I got a first stab at the stack that All Star Auctions had brought to the con. I really, really wanted this one, but had to settle with a cheaper daily.
Happy to see it again! Take good care of it! :)

Jean Andre Macchini
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 11/4/2021

Outstanding ! Congrats !!

Matt Dicke
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 3/8/2022

Sickles Strips are a classic for a reason. They influenced so many comic creators and his use of tone is masterful. That said this is definitely one of his better strips. Good pacing and camera angles for dialogue. Great example.

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