7.75x9.5” thin art board has 6.5x7.5” India ink image area for March 9. Dennis surprises his mother by bringing three friends home, saying “Their Mother Said It’s Okay With Her If They Have Dinner With Me. Okay With You?”. Art is signed by creator “Ketcham” in ink at lower right, w/hand inked © 1954 Post-Hall Syndicate, Inc. Bottom margin has original hand inked caption in all caps crossed out in pencil w/printed strip w/new caption using lower case text added below art. Image area has lt. dust soil w/a few tanned areas including portion where original printed title, no longer present, was glued in place. Will mat and frame to Fine appearance. A scarce early original for a classic character who first appeared March 12, 1951.