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Comic strip art

 Subject
Subject Source: Sackner Database

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

[Hand Grenade] / Pelieu, Claude., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-28204-29371
Scope and Contents

Images have been mainly taken from American war theme comic strips. The work was once in the possession of William Burroughs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

[Jeep] / Pelieu, Claude., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-28206-29373
Scope and Contents

Images have been mainly taken from war scenes with action sounds, e.g., OOM, BRAT WHOOMP, WHRAMM. The work was once in the possession of William Burroughs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

Marvel / Pelieu, Claude., 1972

 Item
Identifier: CC-28203-29370
Scope and Contents

Pelieu appropriated a hard cover comic strip book and collaged other cut-up comic strips and advertisements onto each page. The order of these collage additions into this book was probably random, an analogy to the cut-up technique popularized by Gyson and Burroughs for literature and poetry. Although unsigned and undated, the spine is collaged with the header of the London Sunday Times August 27 1972.This work was once in the possession of William Burroughs according to Richard Aaron of Am Here Books. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1972

[Pooch...Here Pooch!] / Pelieu, Claude., 1979

 Item
Identifier: CC-28507-29786
Scope and Contents

The images used in this collage include soldiers at war, Superman, scenes of violence, and airplanes. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1979

[Superman in Telephone Booth] / Pelieu, Claude., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-28205-29372
Scope and Contents

Images have been mainly taken from Superman comic strips. The work was once in the possession of William Burroughs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973

[Superman] / Pelieu, Claude., 1973

 Item
Identifier: CC-28207-29374
Scope and Contents

Images are mainly action scenes with a single bright colored image of Superman to the right of center. The work was once in the possession of William Burroughs. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Dates: 1973