Object Details
graphic artist
Turner, Leslie
publisher
NEA, Inc.
Description (Brief)
This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the Captain Easy comic strip shows the title character enjoying the fictitious Mediterranean Republic of Dizmaylia with his date, Lolita. He later discovers that she works for his enemies.
Leslie Turner (1899-1988) prepared freelance illustrations in Dallas in his early years. When he sold a cartoon to Judge, he moved to New York and began contributing to publications such as Redbook and Pictorial Review. In 1937 Turner took a job as an assistant to Roy Crane, creator of the Captain Easy newspaper strip, which was then called Wash Tubbs. Turner took over the strip in 1943 and continued to draw it, with some assistance from Walt Scott, until he retired in 1970.
Captain Easy, (1933-1988) an adventure strip originally called Wash Tubbs, starred an eccentric character named Washington Tubbs II. The Captain Easy character was included in a supporting role. In 1933 creator Roy Crane retitled the strip and remodeled it to highlight the new protagonist who joined the U.S. army during World War II, and later became a private detective.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
date made
1966-08-14
ID Number
GA.22332
catalog number
22332
accession number
277502
Object Name
drawing
Object Type
Drawings
Other Terms
drawing; Pen and Ink
Physical Description
paper (overall material)
ink (overall material)
Measurements
overall: 44.9 cm x 66.1 cm; 17 11/16 in x 26 in
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Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_797274