ORIGINAL "GARFIELD SUPERHERO" ILLUSTRATION BY JIM DAVIS. CATS Sold by Heritage. For Sale

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ORIGINAL "GARFIELD SUPERHERO" ILLUSTRATION BY JIM DAVIS. CATS Sold by Heritage.:
$1500.00

Sold on Feb 22, 2024 by Heritage sales: "Jim Davis: The Art of Garfield Showcase sale #40253" / Lot #82096 for $1,320 (plus tax & shipping).
Jim Davis - Garfield Superhero Illustration Original Art (c.1980s).
This incredible illustration featuring Garfield attempting to be a superhero predates the famous felineactually becoming onein thePet Forceseries of books and films released from 1998-2009.
Created with ink over blue pencil on very large 11.5 inch x 10 inch firm Bristol board (i.e. thin white cardboard) with a large image area of 8.5" x 5.75", there are whiteout corrections and notes in the margins, but the art is in Excellent condition.
From the Jim Davis Collection. Authenticated and Sold by Heritage sales.
Jim Davis was born in Marion, Indiana in 1945. After college, Jim spent two years working for a local advertising agency before becoming an assistant to Tumbleweeds creator, Tom Ryan. He combined his wry wit with the art skills he had honed since childhood and Garfield, a fat, lazy, lasagna-loving, cynical cat was born. The strip debuted on June 19, 1978 in 41 U.S. newspapers. Today, GARFIELD is read in 2570 newspapers by 263,000,000 readers around the globe. Recently, Guinness World Records named Garfield "The Most Widely Syndicated Comic Strip in the World." Garfield has enjoyed incredible worldwide success in computer generated (GI) Hollywood children's films & animated TV.