BEN TEMPLETON - ORIGINAL ART SIGNED CO-SIGNED BY: TOM FORMAN - HFSID 291430
Price: $180.00
BEN TEMPLETON and TOM FORMAN
The artists sign a First Day Cover and draw the head of Elwood, a
character from their Motley's Crew comic strip.
Original Art signed: "Templeton/& Forman", 6½x3½. Drawn on a First Day
Cover commemorating Pueblo Art, postmarked Santa Fe, New Mexico April 13,
1977, 13-cent stamp affixed, FIRST DAY
OF ISSUE. Ben Templeton drew comic strips written by his partner, Tom
Forman. Although they authored several strips, including The Sporting
Life, their best known comic was Motley's Crew, a social satire begun
in 1976 and ultimately featured in over 250 US newspapers. The strips were
always signed by Templeton as "Templeton and Forman". When Forman died in
1996, Templeton continued Motley's Crew on his own, retiring after the final
strip on January 1, 2000. Pencil note (unknown hand) on verso. Otherwise, fine
condition.
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