The final quartet of original drawings by Richard Oldden were sold on eBay earlier this month. The artist visits several well-traveled cartoon tropes and puts a new twist on each of them. One of the gags is wordless and in four panels on two sheets of paper. We aren't told where any of the cartoons were published.
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"My name is Kenzaburo Toramichi . . . "At first we thought we would be swamped with tourists, You may call me George." —but somehow it never caught on." |
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| "What's this you've been telling my daughter?" Hunting the Lion |
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| Versos with Dick Oldden's New York and Laguna Beach stamps |
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| Richard Oldden eBay listing ended May 6, 2023 |
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| Richard Oldden eBay item description |
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| Richard Oldden eBay bid history Three bidders make seven bids over seven days. It's the last one that counts. |
Note: It's likely that many or all of the Dick Oldden cartoons in these eBay groupings of four were published somewhere in a mainstream magazine. But where? And when? It's questions like this that cry out for answers. Help if you can.
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