Author: Marland, Mike.
Title: R.F. D. ": A Take-Off on the Milk Slogan. Original Daily Comic Strip Art by Mike Marland, Additionally Signed by the Artist Along the Bottom Margin.
Description: King Features Syndicate, Inc. 1994. 1994. King Features Syndicate, Inc. 1994. 1994. Fine. - An original pen & ink drawing consisting of 2 panels drawn on 7 inch high by 17 inch wide Bristol board. Drawn and inked by Mike Marland, the strip portrays Sim quoting the famous milk slogan as he asks his wife May "If 'milk does a body good' .. how come mine's so beat at the end of the day?!" Signed "Marland" at bottom left of the second panel with the date "9.26.94" inked in the bottom margin along the left of the first panel. The syndicate's credits, printed on a strip of paper, are mounted between the two panels. The strip is additionally signed in full by Mike Marland in blue ink next to the date. Near fine. A wonderful commentary on the farmer's life. R.F.D. is a weekly comic strip about the Pool family, owners of Poole's Dairy Farm, and their life in the rural New Hampshire town of Smithfield. Fine .

Keywords: ORIGINAL ART; ILLUSTRATED; DAILY COMIC STRIP ART; SIGNED; AUTOGRAPH; DATED; R.F.D.; POOLE DAIRY FARM; POOL FAMILY; SIM; MAY POOL; MILK DOES A BODY GOOD; MINE'S SO BEAT AT THE END OF THE DAY; MILK SLOGAN; RURAL NEW HAMPSHIRE; SMITHFIELD; CARTOONIST; SI


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