Boring, Wayne - SUPERMAN 1949 SUNDAY PANEL Strip Art
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SOLD ON: Monday, 12/04/2023 7:37 PM
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PUBLISHER: McClure Newspaper Syndicate
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Wayne Boring pencils and inks; Sunday panel; 1949; image size 6.25" x 7"
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Wayne Boring pencils and inks; Sunday panel; 1949; image size 6.25" x 7"
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A 15% BUYER'S PREMIUM WILL BE ADDED TO THIS ITEM AT CONCLUSION OF THE AUCTION
Wayne Boring pencils and inks; Sunday panel; 1949; image size 6.25" x 7"Great illustration of Superman by Boring, created using a panel from a 949 Sunday strip to congratulate Ohio's Loraine Journal on it's 75th anniversary, the drawing would have been cut from the original strip, with the panel then affixed to another board where some additional art was added. Classic image of Superman shedding his Clark Kent persona. Pen and ink. Art is in very good condition, the text appears to have been re-done and pasted down over the original, this paste-up is missing. Signed by Boring.
Also includes several pieces of correspondence, including a letter referencing the drawing as well as a bio of Boring, as well as a Sunday strip proof.
Artist Information
Wayne Boring is a legendary American comic book artist who's best known for his work on the Golden Age era of Superman and to this day is considered among the top fifty artists to make DC Comics great. Wayne began on the Superman comic strip and in the mid-1940s transitioned over to the main comic book title where he introduced such long standing pieces of canon as the Fortress of Solitude and Bizarro World. Boring would go on to create backgrounds on Hal Foster's Price Valiant from 1968 - 1972 and would draw several titles for Marvel Comics.
Wayne Boring pencils and inks; Sunday panel; 1949; image size 6.25" x 7"Great illustration of Superman by Boring, created using a panel from a 949 Sunday strip to congratulate Ohio's Loraine Journal on it's 75th anniversary, the drawing would have been cut from the original strip, with the panel then affixed to another board where some additional art was added. Classic image of Superman shedding his Clark Kent persona. Pen and ink. Art is in very good condition, the text appears to have been re-done and pasted down over the original, this paste-up is missing. Signed by Boring.
Also includes several pieces of correspondence, including a letter referencing the drawing as well as a bio of Boring, as well as a Sunday strip proof.
Artist Information
Wayne Boring is a legendary American comic book artist who's best known for his work on the Golden Age era of Superman and to this day is considered among the top fifty artists to make DC Comics great. Wayne began on the Superman comic strip and in the mid-1940s transitioned over to the main comic book title where he introduced such long standing pieces of canon as the Fortress of Solitude and Bizarro World. Boring would go on to create backgrounds on Hal Foster's Price Valiant from 1968 - 1972 and would draw several titles for Marvel Comics.