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Home > Auction #191 > "FAMOUS ARTISTS & WRITERS KING FEATURES SYNDICATE" 1949 PROMOTIONAL BOOK.

Auction Icon "FAMOUS ARTISTS & WRITERS KING FEATURES SYNDICATE" 1949 PROMOTIONAL BOOK.

Bidding has ended for this item.
Winning Bid: $480.47 (includes 15% Buyer's Premium)
Bids: 9
Bidding Ended: May 31, 2007 at 3:23 PM EDT
Auction: Auction 191 - Part II
Item numbers 955 though 2537 in auction 191.

Item Description

8.75x11" spiral bound w/172 pages. Contents are bw. Book features five-page introduction by Mel Heimer thoroughly detailing KFS. This is followed by over 100 two-page spreads featuring syndicated cartoonists. One page is bio w/photo while facing page is specialty art piece. Artists and writers include Milton Caniff, Roy Crane, Phil Davis (Mandrake the Magician), Walt Disney, Charles Flanders (The Lone Ranger), Hal Foster, Mel Graff (Secret Agent X-9), Jimmy Hatlo, Fred Lasswell, Mack Raboy (Flash Gordon), George McManus, Otto Messmer, Alex Raymond, Bob Ripley, Otto Soglow, Chic Young, Bill Zaboly (Popeye), Lee Falk, Walter Winchell, many others. Cover shows scattered aging, 1" portion of spiral binding is missing at top and bottom. Cover is VG. Contents are very lightly tanned w/age, VF. (H/I - $200 to $700)

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