Description: GOLF Original Comic Strip Art ~ HAND DRAWN BY Lee Susman~ FOR OAKLAND TRIBUNE - Bay Area Sports image area - & 6' X 8" - FREE SHIPPING USPS PRIORITY MAIL. Lee Susman, an award-winning cartoonist whose drawings graced the Oakland Tribune sports pages for more than 35 years. The Emeryville resident was 94 when he died. Susman’s cartoons depicting local college and pro football teams, baseball teams and basketball teams appeared in the Tribune from 1946 until his retirement in 1983.Susman was inducted into the PCL Hall of Fame in 2008. “Cartooning was just something I loved to do, and I was lucky enough to make a decent living at it,” Susman told former Tribune columnist Dave Newhouse for a 2007 article. “And it’s nice to be recognized; an ego trip.” Leland “Lee” Stanford Susman was born in San Francisco on July 27, 1917. Susman was a self-described “sports nut,” who began working for an advertising agency in 1937.In 1939, Susman won a competition to draw a comic strip for the San Francisco Call-Bulletin newspaper. After spending five years in the Navy during World War II, the Tribune hired Susman as a sports cartoonist. That year, he created “The Lil’ Acorn,” the Oaks’ mascot.Presented is a very creative, original cartoon by Lee Susman. It consists of a hand drawn illustration on white stock paper. There is white out and corrections. There is a signature at the bottom, right.
Price: 69 USD
Location: North Bend, Oregon
End Time: 2024-03-10T22:27:59.000Z
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Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Convention/Event: Newspaper sports illustration
Signed By: Lee Susman
Autograph Format: Hard Signed
Tradition: US Comics
Signed: Yes
Title: Lee Susman Cartoon
Publisher: Oakland Tribune
Item Length: 14.25
Inscribed: Yes
Brand: Unbranded
Type: Comic Strip Art
Original/Licensed Reproduction: Original
Illustrator: Lee Susman
Item Height: 11 in
Theme: Comics
Features: Hand drawn, Autographed, Historical
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
