CARTOON SALOON Interior Page
VG: 4.0
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SOLD ON: Monday, 12/10/2018 12:39 PM
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COMMENTS: Pg. 1; Unknown Artist; 10.5" x 16.75"; menu included; comes with bonus piece "Seven X Eleven"; Christopher inks; 7" x 11"
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Pg. 1; Unknown Artist; 10.5" x 16.75"; menu included; comes with bonus piece "Seven X Eleven"; Christopher inks; 7" x 11"THIS IS A PIECE OF ORIGINAL COMIC ART WHICH HUNG IN THE NOW CLOSED RESTAURANT....THE CARTOON SALOON! MR. ADAM WEST (TV BATMAN) & MR LOU FERRIGNO (TV HULK) JOINED FORCES TO CREATE A VERY DIFFERENT RESTAURANT, BUT ALAS IT FAILED BEFORE IT EVEN GOT OFF THE GROUND. THE CARTOON SALOON WAS LOCATED IN FT. LAUDERDALE FL; WITH PLANS TO OPEN OTHERS IN SOUTH BEACH MIAMI FL & ORLANDO FL & YES EVEN NEW YORK CITY, NEW YORK.
THE RESTAURANT, WHICH HAD A COMIC BOOK/CARTOON THEME DISPLAYED PIECES OF ORIGINAL COMIC ART, & OTHER COMIC BOOK, & CARTOON MEMORABILIA MUCH IN THE SAME WAY THE HARD ROCK CAFE DISPLAYS MUSIC MEMORABILIA, & PLANET HOLLYWOOD DISPLAYS MOVIE PROPS. WEST & FERRIGNO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE THEME & DECOR. MANY PIECES WHICH HUNG IN THE RESTAURANT WERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY APPROVED BY EITHER WEST OR FERRIGNO.
THIS PIECE FEATURES A THREE PANEL INCOMPLETE LAYOUT AND IS DONE IN INK ON TEKNO COMICS COMPANY BRISTOL BOARD.
ONLY OPEN FOR 4 MONTHS, NOT MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK & MEMORABILIA SURVIVED. MOST WAS EITHER DESTROYED OR LOST WHEN THEY CLOSED, MAKING THIS TRULY A "RARE" ITEM.
THIS PIECE OF ART ALSO HAS AN ORIGINAL CARTOON SALOON MENU. THE MENU WAS DEVELOPED TO LOOK LIKE AN IMAGE COMIC BOOK, WITH THEIR WAITERS AS SUPER HEROES SELLING THE FOOD. AMONG THOSE SUPERHEROES, IS THE CHARACTER DEPICTED IN THIS PIECE OF ART.THE MENU SHOWS WEAR FROM USAGE. NOT MANY MENUS WERE PRINTED DUE TO THE LENGTH OF OPERATION. OF THAT NUMBER, OVER 90% WERE DESTROYED.
THE RESTAURANT, WHICH HAD A COMIC BOOK/CARTOON THEME DISPLAYED PIECES OF ORIGINAL COMIC ART, & OTHER COMIC BOOK, & CARTOON MEMORABILIA MUCH IN THE SAME WAY THE HARD ROCK CAFE DISPLAYS MUSIC MEMORABILIA, & PLANET HOLLYWOOD DISPLAYS MOVIE PROPS. WEST & FERRIGNO WERE INSTRUMENTAL IN THE THEME & DECOR. MANY PIECES WHICH HUNG IN THE RESTAURANT WERE SAID TO HAVE BEEN PERSONALLY APPROVED BY EITHER WEST OR FERRIGNO.
THIS PIECE FEATURES A THREE PANEL INCOMPLETE LAYOUT AND IS DONE IN INK ON TEKNO COMICS COMPANY BRISTOL BOARD.
ONLY OPEN FOR 4 MONTHS, NOT MUCH OF THE ORIGINAL ARTWORK & MEMORABILIA SURVIVED. MOST WAS EITHER DESTROYED OR LOST WHEN THEY CLOSED, MAKING THIS TRULY A "RARE" ITEM.
THIS PIECE OF ART ALSO HAS AN ORIGINAL CARTOON SALOON MENU. THE MENU WAS DEVELOPED TO LOOK LIKE AN IMAGE COMIC BOOK, WITH THEIR WAITERS AS SUPER HEROES SELLING THE FOOD. AMONG THOSE SUPERHEROES, IS THE CHARACTER DEPICTED IN THIS PIECE OF ART.THE MENU SHOWS WEAR FROM USAGE. NOT MANY MENUS WERE PRINTED DUE TO THE LENGTH OF OPERATION. OF THAT NUMBER, OVER 90% WERE DESTROYED.