Sources and bonus timelapse: https://www.peppercarrot.com/en/miniFantasyTheater/052.html
Transcript:
A comic in four panels.
Panel 1. The adventurer and pink fairy sit on an old wooden bench in a city square, under the sunset light. The adventurer looks guilty while the fairy sits with crossed arms, furious and turned away from him.
Adventurer: "Okay, okay... I spent ALL our gold on that dagger. It wasn't loot. I'm sorry."
Panel 2. The Pink Fairy turns back, angry:
Pink fairy: "And how can I ever trust you after THAT?!"
Panel 3. The adventurer feels sincerely sorry and sad while watching in his hand the purple epic dagger. The pink fairy watches him with wide eyes, pleasantly surprised.
Adventurer: "You can't, but give me one chance: I'll sell the dagger and get our gold back."
Pink fairy: "...Really?"
Panel 4. Inside the shop, the adventurer places the purple epic dagger on the counter. The merchant pushes a single coin across toward them. Both the adventurer and pink fairy stare in disbelief.
Merchant: "I can buy it back for... one gold coin."
Secret Panel HERE 🐞 https://patreon.com/posts/121575653
Another in a series of quick looks at an artist’s very first New Yorker cartoon and their last.
Looking through the Spill’s A-Z this morning, my attention turned to Richard Oldden (1931-1995). A search immediately turned up this entry on Lambiak Comiclopedia. The entry included a number of things I hadn’t known before including this:
“On 14 May 1973, Oldden and gag writer Sam Gross launched their daily newspaper comic ‘The Genius’ (1973-1977) through King Features Syndicate.”
Reading this brought memories of speaking with Sam on the phone — sometimes long conversations about cartoonists I knew little about. I can still hear Sam, in his distinctive voice, saying “Dick Oldden” this and “Dick Oldden” that (oddly, Sam never mentioned “The Genius” strip).
Checking The New Yorker’s database, I found that the magazine published 72 Oldden cartoons. Here’s the first, from the issue of July 23, 1966:
And here’s the last Richard Oldden New Yorker cartoon, published in the issue of September 6, 1993:
The post Wednesday Spill: First And Last…Richard Oldden first appeared on Inkspill.
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