For Irwin Hasen, a Life With ‘Dondi’ The New York Times
The National Cartoonists' Society awarded it plaques in 1961 and '62, for "Best Story Strip". Edson continued to write Dondi until his death in 1966. Hasen then wrote it for a brief time, but soon hired Bob Oksner (whose extensive DC Comics credits include Leave It to Binky and Angel & the Ape) to supply plots. Hasen and Oksner stayed with the.
1276 Dondi (Dell Comics / Western Publishing)
Dondi was a daily comic strip about a large-eyed war orphan of the same name. Created by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen, it ran in more than 100 newspapers for three decades (September 25, 1955 to June 8, 1986). Interviewed before a Comic-Con audience in San Diego, illustrator Hasen told TV-comics scripter Mark Evanier the origin of the strip during a trip to Korea: I belonged to the National.
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Early life. Born in the East New York neighborhood of Brooklyn, Dondi was the youngest of five children. He was of African American and Italian American descent. He attended a Catholic school during his sophomore years. By 1975, East New York became an unstable region with racial tensions and social conflicts such as the prominence of gangs.
Three Men in a Tub Original Dondi Sunday Strip 1975
Dondi became a syndicated comic strip in the Chicago Tribune. The little boy came into the nation's homes and hearts for the next 34 years. Dondi was the brain child of Gus Edson.
Sugartown, USA! Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen's 'Dondi' starring Patti Page!
Dondi (1955-1968) contains approximately 3,553 pieces of original artwork for the comic strip of the same name as well as five proofs. There are 3,022 daily strips and 531 Sunday strips. There are 3,022 daily strips and 531 Sunday strips.
Irwin Hasen Dondi Signed 8x10 Sketch Certified Authentic JSA COA
Dondi debuted on September 25, 1955 and appeared in newspapers across America for more than 30 years. It won the National Cartoonists Societ Award for Best Short Story Strip in 1961 and 1962. Classic Comics Press is proud to present the first 19 months of Dondi, along with an introduciton by Jules Feiffer and a new interview with Irwin Hasen.
Saved From The Paper Drive Dondi in "Five Dollars for Luck"
Irwin Hasen was an American cartoonist best known as the creator of the Dondi comic strip. He also had a significant run on DC Comics' original Green Lantern, Alan Scott, in the 1940s as well as creating Wildcat for the same publisher. Introduction Irwin Hasen; Early life; Career Comic books Comic strips Instruction;
Saved From The Paper Drive Dondi in "Five Dollars for Luck"
The early comic strip story discussed Dondi's Italian history and new American life. Later, during and after the Korean and Vietnam wars, Dondi's heritage in the strip changed to fit a similar story in the later wars. A film adaptation of Dondi premiered in 1961. Date Made: 1966-08-17.
Dondi TPB (20072008 Classic Comics Press) comic books
Hasen, 96, who drew "Dondi" for its three-decade run as a newspaper comic, died Friday at Lennox Hill Hospital in New York. The cause was heart failure, said his attorney, Fredric Horowitz. At.
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below: the first Dondi Sunday page, dated October 2, 1955color version courtesy Baughan Roemer and Classic Comic Strips. The strip was syndicated by the Chicago Tribune-New York News Syndicate for 30 years. Don Markstein continues: The strip's circulation was in the 100-200 paper range during those years [1960s].
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Irwin Hasen, the cartoonist and comic-book artist who drew, and helped create, " Dondi ," the widely syndicated comic strip about a lovable, wide-eyed World War II orphan, died on Friday in.
DONDI, in JOE JUSKO's Irwin Hasen Comic Art Gallery Room
We want to give a special thanks to Irwin Hasen, an extraordinary gentleman, artist and friend. Classic Comics Press. Two volumes of Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen's Dondi are available. Despite the fact that we feel this hugely neglected comic strip warrants a further look, at this time there are no plans to continue the series. We apologize to the.
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Dondi, the brainchild of cartoonist Gus Edson, became a successful syndicated comic strip; the little boy came into the nation's homes and hearts for the next 34 years.
Hake's "DONDI" 1956 DAILY STRIP ORIGINAL ART BY IRWIN HASEN CUSTOM
At the strip's peak in the early 1960s, Hasen won the National Cartoonist Society's Story Comic Strip Award in 1961 and 1962. Dondi was also popular enough to spawn a live action film in 1961, produced by schlockmeister Albert Zugsmith of Sex Kittens Go To College fame, and starring a pre-Fugitive David Jansen, with unknown David Kory playing.
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Dondi is a daily comic strip about a large-eyed war orphan of the same name. Created by Gus Edson and Irwin Hasen, it ran in more than 100 newspapers for three decades (September 25, 1955, to June 8, 1986).
First and Last Drago, Dondi The Daily Cartoonist
Dec. 16, 2011. IRWIN HASEN, 93, says the happiest moment in his life came early one morning in September 1955, when he had just begun drawing the comic strip "Dondi.". "I was on 42nd Street.