Existing comment:
(79) Zippy. "About Face (#6)," 1988.
Published by King Features Syndicate, June 7, 1988.
India ink, tonal film overlay, and opaque white over graphite underdrawing with pasteon.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-09117 (79)
This single panel comic strip, Zippy, About Face (#6), the last in a series about memorable faces, shows Zippy and Griffy commenting on the looming face of "Henry," a bald headed child star of the comic strip of the same name. They note his minimal features and lack of a mouth. Zippy the Pinhead, the creation of Bill Griffith (b. 1944), appeared in the underground Real Pulp Comix #1 in 1971 and The Berkeley Barb in 1976. A daily strip since 1985, it has won a cult following. Key characters, Zippy, the muu-muu clad pinhead, and his alter ego Griffy, complement one another on random adventures through contemporary consumer culture, depicted in intricately drawn art. |