Camera-ready comic strip, entitled Mandrake the Magician
Object Details
- graphic artist
- Falk, Lee
- publisher
- King Features Syndicate
- author
- Fredericks, Fred
- Description
- Mandrake the Magician was created and originally drawn by Lee Falk in 1924, although he did not submit the comic for print and distribution to King Features until 1934. Harold "Fred" Fredericks took over art for the strip in 1964 and continues to draw the strip today. The story features Mandrake, a magician with superpowers, along with his compatriots in the fight against crime. In this strip, Mandrake shows a group around his new, fully secure, and modern home.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
- 09/12/1966
- ID Number
- GA.22419
- catalog number
- 22419
- accession number
- 277502
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Object Type
- Drawings
- Other Terms
- Drawing; Pen and Ink
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 42.1 cm x 59.8 cm; 16 9/16 in x 23 9/16 in
- See more items in
- Work and Industry: Graphic Arts
- Popular Entertainment
- Communications
- Art
- National Museum of American History
- Subject
- Magic shows
- Record ID
- nmah_799719
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746a5-d528-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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