Two original midcentury color cartoons by Barbara Shermund bear markings indicating Sunday release dates. This may identify them as original art created for Shermund's Sallies, a Sunday panel strip published in the pictorial sections of newspapers. The colors are rich and lush and unlike anything that could have been captured on newsprint. Let's see what her ladies are up to:
The later 1951 cartoon shows a secretary commandeering her boss's desk, turning the tables on him, so to speak.
A notation over the caption indicates that the earlier 1947 cartoon may have been reversed in the printing process. Why should that be? The cartoon already reads well this way; from left to right we see the man and woman admiring the stars before we spy the pair of women surreptitiously commenting on them.
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| Two color originals by Barbara Shermund |
The later 1951 cartoon shows a secretary commandeering her boss's desk, turning the tables on him, so to speak.
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| "Gosh, Mr. Sheldon, give me a little time to rest up from my vacation." Barbara Shermund Original Shermund's Sallies[?] cartoon art, September 16, 1951 |
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| Barbara Shermund's signature |
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A notation over the caption indicates that the earlier 1947 cartoon may have been reversed in the printing process. Why should that be? The cartoon already reads well this way; from left to right we see the man and woman admiring the stars before we spy the pair of women surreptitiously commenting on them.
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| "She's clever! In a minute she'll have him switched to sapphires!" Barbara Shermund Original Shermund's Sallies[?] cartoon art, August 24, 1947 |
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| Versos |
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| Detail of markings on the verso of the 1951 cartoon |
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| Barbara Shermund eBay Listing Retrieved February 20, 2017 |
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Note: Please comment if you can confirm that these cartoons were published when and where I believe they were. I would like to add images of the published cartoons to this post.
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