Object Details
- Description (Brief)
- This pen-and-ink drawing produced for the Dick Tracy comic strip shows Tracy coming back from a trip to the moon and getting notice that his help is needed to catch an escaped fugitive.
- Chester Gould (1900-1985) began his career in the early 1920s cartooning for The Daily Oklahoman. Shortly afterwards he began drawing his strips Fillum Fables and The Radio Catts. Gould's Dick Tracy strip ran beginning in 1931. He drew and wrote Dick Tracy until he retired in 1977.
- Dick Tracy (1931- ) is a police detective who is shown using science and technology to his advantage in order to solve his crimes. His "2-Way Wrist Radio" was an example of his futuristic interests. During the 1960s Gould began receiving criticism about the strip, especially for its politics and celebration of the police. This criticism prompted more science fiction-directed stories, such as Tracy’s visits to the moon. The Dick Tracy story has seen adaptations to radio, film, television, books, and comic books.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
- original artist
- Gould, Chester
- publisher
- Tribune Printing Company
- date made
- 1966-05-21
- Credit Line
- Newspaper Comics Council, Inc., New York, NY
- Physical Description
- paper (overall material)
- ink (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 47 cm x 50 cm; 18 1/2 in x 19 11/16 in
- Object Name
- drawing
- Object Type
- Drawings
- Other Terms
- drawing; Pen and Ink
