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Frank Stack Original Art: New Adventures of Jesus (1991) * NOT AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE *
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FRANK STACK (1937-)
a.k.a. Foolbert Sturgeon • Original
Color comic book art “New Adventures
of Jesus” (1991)
Frank Stack for many years signed his
work as “Foolbert Sturgeon” when he had
to protect his university teaching job in the
Bible Belt. Among other topics that could have
gotten him in trouble, Stack has long been using
Jesus as a running character. His Jesus
is a humanist and rationalist who walks
contemporaneous Earth constantly befuddled by
what he sees around him. He is particularly put
off by the people who call themselves “Christians”
in his name; self-interested and greedy
televangelists foremost among them. This sadly
funny full color page was created for the Summer
1991 Drawn & Quarterly
magazine, running as the inside front cover.
Stack is a favorite cartoonist for atheists,
agnostics and freethinkers, and even the rare
Christian who sees the state of human affairs
like this two-dimensional philosopher.
Medium/Size/Condition: Watercolor and
ink on heavy deckle-edge watercolor paper
measuring 11 inches wide x 15 inches high.
Some white-out (partly for intentional
highlights). Excellent condition.
Further reference: Most
comix historians regard Frank Stack as the very
first underground cartoonist (his
earliest Jesus comics way pre-date R. Crumb or
Gilbert Shelton).
Additional Stack art is available. Contact us
for further details. Additionally, Stack items
(out of print books and postcards) can be found in Steve
Krupp’s Curio Shoppe. Just type Frank Stack in
our search bar.
Provenance: Frank Stack is exclusively
represented by the Denis Kitchen Art Agency, an
affiliate of Steve Krupp’s Curio Shoppe and Gallery.
This drawing is warranted to be an authentic original
created by Frank Stack. Note: Image is © Frank Stack.
Reproduction for commercial purposes requires
permission. |
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