Description: Entire 1956 year Mopsy Modes Sunday comic strip paper dolls by Gladys Parker (1910-April 28, 1966). This collection includes every week in 1956 mounted in an acid free book using clear acid free corners. Book outside dimensions approx size: 17 3/4” x 14 3/4” x 1” 14 filled pages with 34 additional unused pages Gladys Parker was an American cartoonist for comic strips and a fashion designer in Hollywood. She is best known as the creator of thecomic strip, Mopsy, which had a long run over three decades. Parker was one of the few female cartoonist working between the 1930s and 1950s. Growing up in Tonawanda, New York, Parker took dance lessons at the age of seven after winning a “most beautiful child” contest. She taught herself to draw while recuperating from a leg injury, often using herself as her model, and began selling cartoons to magazines. She also ran a dressmaking shop from home while still in high school. She was the daughter of Caroline (who died at the age of 35 in 1914) and Wilbert C. Parker of Tonawanda. Her maternal grandparents were John and Anna Gerster of Tonawanda. At the age of 18, Parker arrived in Manhattan to study fashion illustration. She started her newspaper career with New York Graphic, doing a comic strip, called May and Junie. She moved on to United Features for two years and Newspaper Enterprise Association for seven years. She was given the opportunity to draw for the comic strip, Flapper Fanny, and later took over the publication entirely. In 1930 she took over the Ethel Hays’ Flapper Fanny Says panel. She also did a comic strip series for Lux Soap during the 1930s. Developing Mopsy in 1939, Parker modeled the character on herself. In 1946, she recalled, “I got the idea for Mopsy when the cartoonist Rube Goldberg said my hair look like a mop. That was several years ago, and she has been my main interest ever since.” The Mopsy Sunday strip, added in 1945, gave Parker an opportunity to draw her fashion creations in a sidebar feature of paper dolls, titled “Mopsy Modes”. Please see pictures and ask questions before bidding. This collection is in excellent condition. No refunds unless item is not as described. Standard Shipping via USPS or UPS only. I ship to the USA.
Price: 147 USD
Location: Ulm, Montana
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Publication Year: 1956
Character: Mopsy
Tradition: US Comics
