Celardo, John - TARZAN DAILY STRIPS Strip Art
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SOLD ON: Tuesday, 08/28/2018 1:12 PM
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PUBLISHER: United Features Syndicate
COMMENTS: 12/09/66; John Celardo pencils, inks and signed; 21" x 7"
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12/09/66; John Celardo pencils, inks and signed; 21" x 7"
Artist Information
John Celardo was an American comic strip and comic book artist, best known for illustrating the Tarzan comic strip. Celardo got his start at the Eisner/Iger studio and contributed to the Fiction House line of books, he would go on to produce work for a variety of publishers, including American Comics Group, DC Comics, Gold Key Comics, Quality Comics, Standard Comics, St. John Publications, and Whitman Comics. In the early 1950s, he succeeded Bob Lubbers as illustrator of the Tarzan comic strip. He began the Tarzan daily strip on January 18, 1954 and the Sunday strip on February 28, 1954, eventually drawing a total of 4350 daily strips and 724 Sunday strips. His work was then appearing in 225 newspapers in 12 different countries. Celardo continued on Tarzan until January 7, 1968, when Russ Manning took it over. Celardo then succeeded Joe Kubert on Tales of the Green Beret.
Artist Information
John Celardo was an American comic strip and comic book artist, best known for illustrating the Tarzan comic strip. Celardo got his start at the Eisner/Iger studio and contributed to the Fiction House line of books, he would go on to produce work for a variety of publishers, including American Comics Group, DC Comics, Gold Key Comics, Quality Comics, Standard Comics, St. John Publications, and Whitman Comics. In the early 1950s, he succeeded Bob Lubbers as illustrator of the Tarzan comic strip. He began the Tarzan daily strip on January 18, 1954 and the Sunday strip on February 28, 1954, eventually drawing a total of 4350 daily strips and 724 Sunday strips. His work was then appearing in 225 newspapers in 12 different countries. Celardo continued on Tarzan until January 7, 1968, when Russ Manning took it over. Celardo then succeeded Joe Kubert on Tales of the Green Beret.