#newsstand

Photo: Marjory Collins via Granger Art on Demand

Photo by Berenice Abbott, November 19, 1935

(1982)

Newsstand (1947)

Newsstand, Portland, OR © Robert Pallesen

der ehemalige zeitungskiosk ist inzwischen laut internet eine touristeninformation, als ich ihn entdecke war er allerdings ohne funktion. die kombination aus mehreckiger form und farbigen fliesen macht den kiosk zu einem besonderen kleinod

This wonderful, witty example of early Peanuts art offers a funny send-up of the violence to be found at every local newsstand in America, circa 1950s. Good Ol' Charlie Brown, depressed and discouraged as always, needs a pick-me-up, the kind only a good gore-filled comic book can deliver. In the process of choosing a comic, he manages to lay waste to the entire rack! The incredibly clean line work of Schulz is truly a thing of beauty, and we can envision the lucky high bidder spending hours studying every brushstroke on this masterpiece. Comic art for the "funnypapers" doesn't get any better than this!