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Author	Turner, Morrie, author, ill.
Title	Wee Pals original cartoon strip drawings / by Morrie Turner.
Publication Info.	1970 -1994.

Location	Call No.	Status
MAIN - 6th Floor - SpColl	SCOWAH	REF/PROCESSING

Description	1 box (78 drawings) : ink on paper ; 43 x 13 cm or smaller.
	still image sti rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
Note	Most drawings have a paper syndicate label adhered to the strip which indicates the year the cartoon was published.
	Title devised by cataloger.
Summary	Group of 78 original Wee Pals cartoon strips drawn by cartoonist Morrie Turner (1923-2014). Three and four-panel strips drawn in pan and ink on illustration board, each measuring approximately 5"x16". All have a day and month date, and the printed name "Morrie" on them.
Note	Morrie Turner was the first African-American comic strip artist whose work was widely syndicated in mainstream newspapers; creator of the first syndicated strip with a racially and ethnically mixed cast of characters, Wee pals.
Subject	Cartoons and comics.
	Multiculturalism -- Caricatures and cartoons.
	American wit and humor -- Pictorial works.
	Ethnic wit and humor -- Caricatures and cartoons.
Genre	Drawings.
	Cartoons (Humor)
	Comics (Graphic works)
Added Author	King Features Syndicate.
	Little Lew Syndicate.
	News America Syndicate.
	Register and Tribune Syndicate.
	United Features Syndicate.
	Field Enterprises Syndicate.
	Creative Syndicate.
	North America Syndicate.
Added Title	Wee pals (Comic strip)