RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #66 Part 2

Here are some more scans from the RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #66 catalog. Some great low prices (since it's from 2003) and an amazing array of originals from the famous (Blondie, Nancy, Flash Gordon) to the really obscure (Smidgens, Dinky Dinkerton, Jackson Twins).

Part 1 is here.


Raeburn Van Buren, Abbie an' Slats

Darrell McClure, Little Annie Rooney

Chic Young, Blondie

Ernie Bushmiller, Nancy

Tack Knight, Little Folks

Dick Brooks, Jackson Twins

Al McWilliams, Davy Jones

Alex Kotsky, Apartment 3-G

Frank Willard, Moon Mullins

Art Sansom, Born Loser

Mell Lazarus, Miss Peach

Gene Deitch, Terr'ble Thompson

Hank Ketcham, Half Hitch

Bud Sagendorf, Popeye

Bob Young, Tim Tyler's Luck

Dan Barry, Flash Gordon

Dan Barry, Flash Gordon

Edgar Martin, Boots and Her Buddies

Leon Dworkins, Buck Rogers

Gus Edson/Irwin Hasen, Dondi

Ed Dodd, Mark Trail

Edgar Martin, Boots and Her Buddies

Art Huhta, Dinky Dinkerton, Secret Agent

Stan Drake, Apartment 3-G

Jack Bender, Don Martin's The Nutheads

Howie Schneider, Eek and Meek

Bob Cordray, Smidgens

Dick Cavalli, Winthrop

More:

Part 1 is here.

Busy

(Above photo of teens glued to their smartphones in front of Rembrandt's Night Watch nicked from the So Bad So Good Facebook page. No credit given.)

Too busy to deal with art and comics and the business of cartooning on this here blog just now. A lot to do today before the storm moves in. More anon. Will return ASAP.

RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #66

"This auction closes Wednesday, August 20, 2003" says the warning on the inside front page.

Here's the Russ Cochran Comic Art Auction catalog #66, which came out the summer of 2003. There's a great variety of comic strip art by big and small names here -- and some crazy prices. Most of this art is unseen. Take a look at all of this.

Rube Goldberg, "The Big Show," June 21, 1948

Rube Goldberg, "The Heck with It!" July 16, 1948

Rube Goldberg, "Let's Have 'Em All Facing One Way" August 30, 1948

Rube Goldberg, "Still UN's Knottiest Problem," January 12, 1948

Leighton Budd, Unwritten Hudson History," for Puck Magazine, 1909.

Winsor McCay, large drawing of Daniel in the lion's den. Date unknown.

Harry Kraft, Marx Brothers with The DeMarcos. Date unknown.

H.W. Phillips, "The Height of Independence," date unknown.

Dalrymple, 1891 drawing for Puck Magazine

L.M. Glackens, Puck, 1911

J. Bailey and S.T. Dadd, large (14"x18") drawing of the Peince of Wales leaving Westminster, 1892. Publication unknown.

Russell Myers, drawing of Broom Hilda in chalk or pastel, which was auctioned at the 1974 San Diego Comic Con.

Dean, "The Last Bottle," 1920s

Thomas Nast, 1890s political cartoon

J.R. Williams, Out Our Way, May 19, 1933

Palmer Cox, original illustration for the book THE BROWNIES IN THE PHILIPPINES, 1904

Charles Kuhn, Grandma, 1/22/59

Bill Dwyer, Dumb Dora, 9/15/34

Ving Fuller, Olive Drab, date unknown

Charles Coll, Myra North Special Nurse, 3/29/38

George Scarbo, unknown daily, unknown date

Ving Fuller, Doc Syke (?), date unknown

Ken Muse, Wayout, 6/8/68 or 1969

Artist unknown, Black Light, Inc., 10/31/70

Linus Maurer, Old Harrigan, 6/4/57

Maurice Dodd, The Perrishers, 6/22/82

Buford Tune, Dotty Dripple, 6/22/??

Ray Helle, two Flibbertys dailies: 11/5/63 and 11/6/63

Studio Artist, Little Orphan Annie, 9/25/68 thru 9/30/68

Artist Unknown, Louie, three 1969 strips

George Wundar, Terry and the Pirates, three consecutive dailies 1/29 - 31/70

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The next quarterly catalog:
RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #67 Part 1
RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #67 Part 2
RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #67 Part 3
RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #67 Part 4
RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #67 Part 5
RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #67 Part 6
RUSS COCHRAN'S COMIC ART AUCTION #67 Part 7

Rufus 2001(?) - 2014

Above: Our cat Rufus was in a number of cartoons that I drew. He died yesterday. Here is my wife, Stacy, with a remembrance:


Remembering Rufus by Stacy Lynch

Our beloved ginger cat, Rufus (Roo, Big Red), died yesterday after a bout with cancer. Though we knew it was coming, our hearts are utterly broken. He was 13-14 years old.

Rufus came to us as an adult rescue cat in 2003. Up until that point he had had a pretty hard life. He was found tied to the stair railing in a basement in Red Hook, Brooklyn. We believe he was just tossed down in the basement in order to be a mouser and never knew any human kindness – until he was rescued by Annalise Milman and delivered to the Hope Vet office in Boerum Hill, Brooklyn, in 2003, where he lived for a short time until we adopted him. He was pretty nearly feral and smelled terrible. He was solid muscle and had “the biggest head I’ve ever seen.”

So what was it that made me (Stacy) fall in love with the big red beast at first sight? I’m still not sure about that but I knew that I wanted him even when he emitted a low growl as I tried to hold him on my lap. I didn’t tell Mike about the growl because I knew he would object to adopting such an unsocialized cat. During that same first visit, he took a poop on my lap – standing rock still the whole time, afraid to move. The vet tech apologized and came to take him, knowing we would not adopt him now – but this guy was not getting away from me that easy! I think it was the utter fear I saw in those huge round eyes that made me realize the toughness was just an act - and I wanted to give him a good life.

Adopted and neutered, he came home to our small Brooklyn apartment a few days later. Bertie and Max (RIP both) were NOT impressed! Though he had been neutered, that stinky male cat smell lingered for about a month and we would smell him before seeing him when he entered a room. He spent the first few days hiding in the closet, only venturing out at night to turn over the trash can. Then he moved to under the bed, just out of arm’s reach and squeeze his eyes at me as I lay on the floor and sang him songs from Wonderful Town, which was then playing on Broadway. His special favorites were “A Little Bit in Love” and “A Quiet Girl” – both with adapted lyrics to personalize the songs for him.

It took a few months but he eventually realized that not only were we not going to hurt him, but that we actually loved him – and then he loved us back with a vengeance! He made his first kitty friend in sweet Max and was grudgingly accepted by Bertie. The stink went away and his stiff, straw-like fur became soft and super-thick. Petted and spoiled, he enjoyed the good life, especially after we moved to NH and both worked from home. According to Big Red, there was never any reason for us to ever leave the house.

Rufus was immortalized in cartoon form several times. His huge expressive eyes and pudgy roundness made him an ideal subject for several of Mike’s cartoons. And he (with Sam) is the star of our Christmas collaboration “The Great Ham Caper." He became an internet sensation when the violinist Hilary Hahn tweeted his picture to her many thousands of followers.

(Above: Rufus in Stacy's fiddle case, an image that violinist Hilary Hahn helped go viral.)

Though he lived a good long life, we are terribly sad that he had to leave us. But we are happy we were able to break through his wall of defenses and turn him into the big, mushy, love-sponge he turned out to be and we are grateful for our 11+ years together.

RIP sweet dear boy. We will love you and miss you forever.