Dec 12 at 12:00 PM - Sale 2690 -

Sale 2690 - Lot 102

Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
BERKE BREATHED (1957- ) / BLOOM COUNTY
Drawing and illustration cel for "A Wish for Wings that Work" TV special.

The lot includes an original drawing published in TV Guide and an illustration cel, 1991. 290x390 mm; 11⅜x15⅜ inches (drawing). 324x267 mm;12¾x10½ inches (cel, taped to paper). Accompanied by a a copy of TV Guide featuring the artwork and article and a first-edition copy of A Wish for Wings that Work in fine condition.

Hand-drawn color artwork of the Bloom County characters Opus the Penguin, Bill the Cat, and Milquetoast the Cockroach. The art was created to accompany a feature story written by Breathed in the December 7, 1991 issue of TV Guide promoting the premiere of the first Bloom County animated special, "A Wish for Wings that Work," based on the book of the same name that was written and illustrated by Breathed.