GEORGE BAKER - ORIGINAL ART UNSIGNED - HFSID 290491
Price: $320.00
[GEORGE BAKER]
Sad Sack creator draws still-life scene with colored markers on
cardboard
Original Art unsigned on 7½x15 thin cardboard stock. Cartoonist
George Baker (1915-1975), originally a Walt Disney animator who worked on
the classic films Pinocchio, Fantasia,
Dumbo and Bambi, was drafted in 1941 and was soon producing a
popular comic, Sad Sack, for The Army Weekly. Sad Sack, portraying the
foibles of an army private, was the periodical's most popular feature, and was
used by the US Army in a 1946 re-enlistment campaign. After his
discharge, Baker began drawing Sad Sack as a comic book and syndicated comic
strip. Sad Sack was featured on a radio show in 1946, and Paramount
Pictures used the character for a 1957 film, with Jerry Lewis in the title
role. Obviously, Baker was unable to overcome Paramount's claim to the TV
rights. Sad Sack never became a series. Baker also produced sketches and other
art, his longtime companion Suzanne LaFrance being a frequent subject of his
drawings. Lightly soiled. Otherwise, fine condition.
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