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Gotto, Ray
Ray Gotto was a tremendous sports cartoonist who did many cartoon illustrations for The Sporting News. He is also quite well known for his two comic strip features, Cotton Woods and Ozark Ike. Most fans of work don't know that Ray also created the logo for the NY Mets in 1961; the same one that the team uses today.
I got to know Ray in the early 1990s, after I worked on the Cotton Woods book that Denis Kitchen published. Ray and I corresponded throughout the '90s and I visited him a couple of times at his trailer home in Florida. Sadly, towards the end of the 1990s, Ray developed Alzheimers and spent his last few years in a VA hospital. Ray had little family, only a nephew in CA, so I would check in with Ray's case worker once a year to see if he needed anything. Ray had no memory of the present, but physically was doing okay. He passed away on December 28, 2003, at the age of 87.
The panel cartoons in this gallery are ones that I purchased from Ray over the years. They're all unpublished cartoons. While the pieces are quite wonderful, Ray admitted that he didn't too much to try and sell them to a syndicate. They basically sat on a shelf for years until I purchased them. As much as I love these pieces, the letters and experiences with Ray are the most meaningful. He was a great designer-type cartoonist; a real stylist with a bold, clean style.
There are 10 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.
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Ray Gotto - Cotton Woods Daily - 1956
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
| Art Type: | Comic Strip |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 945 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 8/19/2015 |
About the Owner
Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Cotton Woods Daily - 1956
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
945 Views
Ray Gotto - Cotton Woods - 1955
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
| Art Type: | Comic Strip |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 2518 |
| Comments: | 1 |
| Added to Site: | 11/4/2010 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Cotton Woods - 1955
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
2518 Views, 1 Comment
Ray Gotto - Cotton Woods - 1956
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
| Art Type: | Comic Strip |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1420 |
| Comments: | 1 |
| Added to Site: | 2/13/2011 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Cotton Woods - 1956
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
1420 Views, 1 Comment
Ray Gotto - Color NY Mets Logo
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Mixed Media |
| Art Type: | Other |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 2801 |
| Comments: | 1 |
| Added to Site: | 4/11/2006 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Color NY Mets Logo
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
2801 Views, 1 Comment
Ray Gotto - B&W NY Mets Logo
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Mixed Media |
| Art Type: | Other |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 3164 |
| Comments: | 2 |
| Added to Site: | 4/11/2006 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - B&W NY Mets Logo
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
3164 Views, 2 Comments
Ray Gotto - Letter - NY Mets Logo
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Marker |
| Art Type: | Other |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 2083 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 4/11/2006 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Letter - NY Mets Logo
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
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Ray Gotto - Showboat Kelly #1
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
| Art Type: | Comic Strip |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 2613 |
| Comments: | 1 |
| Added to Site: | 1/4/2006 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Showboat Kelly #1
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
2613 Views, 1 Comment
Ray Gotto - Showboat Kelly #2
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
| Art Type: | Comic Strip |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 1935 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 1/4/2006 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Showboat Kelly #2
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
1935 Views
Ray Gotto - Showboat Kelly #3
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
| Art Type: | Comic Strip |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 2256 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 1/4/2006 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Showboat Kelly #3
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
2256 Views
Ray Gotto - Unpublished Sports Cartoon
Art Details
| Artist: | Ray Gotto (All) |
| Media Type: | Pen and Ink |
| Art Type: | Comic Strip |
| For Sale Status: | NFS |
| Views | 2055 |
| Comments: | 0 |
| Added to Site: | 1/4/2006 |
About the Owner
| Rob Stolzer
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| Member Since: | September 2004 |
Ray Gotto - Unpublished Sports Cartoon
Artist: Ray Gotto (All)
2055 Views
There are 10 Pieces of Art In This Gallery.
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This Room is Ordered By The Owner's Preference. |
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