J.R Williams Out Our Way Daily Original Art July 4 1925 RARE "Breaking Point"

Description: Out Our Way daily original comic strip by J. R. Williams, dated July 4, 1925. The strip began in March of 1922, so this is a very early strip. It is interesting in that it deals with a subject that Williams quickly veered away from, some fairly stereotypical racial humor of the era. He would soon focus on a number of recurring themes, almost all domestic or work related, including "Why Mothers Get Gray", "The Worry Wart", "Heroes Are Made, Not Born", "The Bull of the Woods" and others. However, the cartooning ability is not undeveloped here - Williams was 37 and had been cartooning for a number of years before Out Our Way began syndication. This original cartoon art is pen & ink, and measures 12 1/4 inches tall and 12 inches wide, It is in excellent condition, and is presented in a vintage frame, labeled on the back as by Dimit Brothers Photographers of Alliance,Ohio. Shipping costs include careful packing to insure that this item arrives undamaged. ******* James Robert Williams (March 30, 1888 – June 17, 1957) was a Canadian/American cartoonist who signed his work J. R. Williams. He was best known for his long-run daily syndicated panel Out Our Way. As noted by Coulton Waugh in his 1947 book The Comics, anecdotal evidence indicated that more Williams' cartoons were clipped and saved than were other newspaper comics. A newspaper promotion of 1930 compared him to poets Eugene Field and James Whitcomb Riley. Out Our Way first appeared in newspapers on March 20, 1922. The single-panel series introduced a variety of characters, including the cowboy Curly and ranch bookkeeper Wes, and soon led to a Sunday strip, Out Our Way with the Willets. His assistants on the strip were George Scarbo and Neg Cochran.

Price: 166.25 USD

Location: Cedar City, Utah

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