Chester Gould

SUMMARY: This offering is a Chester Gould sketch of Dick Tracy signed and inscribed by Gould. Price:$495.00

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Chester Gould (1900 – 1985). Gould was a U.S. cartoonist and the creator of the Dick Tracy comic strip, which he wrote and drew from 1931 to 1977. Gould was known for his use of colorful, often monstrous, villains.Dick Tracy and other Gould characters were widely popularized through the comic strip and comic books and even by Hollywood.Gould seldom planned his stories so he ad hoced the plot as he went. While fans praised this style as creating exciting, unpredictable stories, it sometimes created awkward plot developments that were difficult to resolve. A notorious case was when Gould had Tracy trapped in an inescapable deathtrap in a caisson. Gould first depicted Tracy addressing Gould personally and having the cartoonist magically extract him. It was a move that his publisher, Joseph Patterson, vetoed. Gould visited the workshop of an engineer friend named Al Gross who invented the walkie-talkie, a portable two-way radio and the pager. Gross was working on a wrist-watch version of the two-way radio which he showed to Gould. Gould asked Al Gross if he could use this concept in his Dick Tracy comic strip. Gross said yes and in January 1946, Dick Tracy started wearing the wrist radio. Gould created another cartoon character named Brilliant, an engineer who worked for a company run by cartoon character Diet Smith. Brilliant was of coursemodeled after Al Gross. Whenever Gould needed a futuristic invention that his cartoon characters could use, Al Gross would give him ideas such as the video security camera, handheld video camera, and wrist video camera.

At the time these devices appeared in a comic strip it was hard to see how they would ver become reality-thought to be science fiction for sure.The rest is history. In a sense, Gould was in a sense a modern day Jules Verne with the ability through Gross to predict technological developments of the future.

This offering is a 3 in.x 5 in white card on which Gould has sketched the Tracy image and signed and inscribed To Jane Mendoza, best wishes, Chester Gould, n.p, , 3/4/78. The card is in excellent condition.

The autograph comes with a letter of authenticity as to its origin, history and authenticity.

Price: $495.00