Raboy, Mac - FLASH GORDON SUNDAY Sunday Strip
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Mac Raboy pencils and inks; 12/17/1967 Sunday strip; image size 21" x 14"
Raboy's last Flash Gordon Sunday!
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Mac Raboy pencils and inks; 12/17/1967 Sunday strip; image size 21" x 14"
Raboy's last Flash Gordon Sunday!
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Mac Raboy pencils and inks; 12/17/1967 Sunday strip; image size 21" x 14"
Raboy's last Flash Gordon Sunday!This strip, published on December 17th, 1967, represents the final piece ever by Raboy, who died on December 12th, 1967. Raboy was the artist on the Flash Gordon Sunday strip (his lifelong dream, having grown up on Alex Raymond's classic strips) for over 20 years following an illustrious career in comic books, where he is most known for drawing the earliest adventures of Captain Marvel Jr.. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Raboy.
Artist Information
Emmanuel "Mac" Raboy was an American comics artist best known for his comic-book work on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel Jr. and as the Sunday comic-strip artist of Flash Gordon for more than 20 years. Cartoonist Drew Friedman has stated, "Raboy was an expert technician with pen and brush, and his lush covers are some of the most unusually beautiful ever to grace comic books". Raboy began his art career with the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. In the 1940s he began working with the Harry A. Chesler studio of comics artists. Raboy began drawing comic books and gained fame as the illustrator for Captain Marvel, Jr. and the Green Lama. Raboy was a great admirer of Alex Raymond, and "kept a portfolio of Alex Raymond's "Flash Gordon" comics by his side for inspiration and guidance as he worked". In the spring of 1946, King Features hired Raboy to continue the Sunday page adventures of Flash Gordon, which he continued to work on until his death.
Mac Raboy pencils and inks; 12/17/1967 Sunday strip; image size 21" x 14"
Raboy's last Flash Gordon Sunday!This strip, published on December 17th, 1967, represents the final piece ever by Raboy, who died on December 12th, 1967. Raboy was the artist on the Flash Gordon Sunday strip (his lifelong dream, having grown up on Alex Raymond's classic strips) for over 20 years following an illustrious career in comic books, where he is most known for drawing the earliest adventures of Captain Marvel Jr.. Pen and ink. Art is in excellent condition. Signed by Raboy.
Artist Information
Emmanuel "Mac" Raboy was an American comics artist best known for his comic-book work on Fawcett Comics' Captain Marvel Jr. and as the Sunday comic-strip artist of Flash Gordon for more than 20 years. Cartoonist Drew Friedman has stated, "Raboy was an expert technician with pen and brush, and his lush covers are some of the most unusually beautiful ever to grace comic books". Raboy began his art career with the Works Progress Administration during the Great Depression. In the 1940s he began working with the Harry A. Chesler studio of comics artists. Raboy began drawing comic books and gained fame as the illustrator for Captain Marvel, Jr. and the Green Lama. Raboy was a great admirer of Alex Raymond, and "kept a portfolio of Alex Raymond's "Flash Gordon" comics by his side for inspiration and guidance as he worked". In the spring of 1946, King Features hired Raboy to continue the Sunday page adventures of Flash Gordon, which he continued to work on until his death.