GLEN HANSON (1965 ) and ALLAN NEUWIRTH (1956 ) Chelsea Bo

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GLEN HANSON (1965- ) and ALLAN NEUWIRTH (1956- )

Chelsea Boys #1: "A Sunny Sunday Afternoon on 8th Ave."

Original 8-panel comic strip introducing the series. Pen and ink with some graphite on paper. 11 3/4x12 1/2 inches, 29.7x31.8 cm.; on 14x14 1/2-inch sheet, mounted along top to board. Signed and dated along right margin. 1998.

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the premier strip for the wildly popular syndicated comic that followed the adventures of three gay roommates in New York City's Chelsea neighborhood in the late 1990s-mid 2000s. This strip introduces its main characters, the neurotic Nathan; buff, hunky Sky; drag diva, Soirée; and Nathan's dog, the trusty Miss Marmelstein. Chelsea Boys was carried first by Next magazine, and then syndicated throughout the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Spain, and South Africa. Its acclaim led to two book anthologies (Chelsea Boys. Alyson Books, 2003; Chelsea Boys Steppin' Out. Bruno Gmunder, 2006) and an exclusive art show (Chelsea Boys: Hung) at the Leslie-Lohman Museum in October 2003. with--a signed copy of the anthology Chelsea Boys, Alyson Books, 2003.