Aug 17, 2023 - Sale 2644

Sale 2644 - Lot 352

Unsold
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000

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


Chelsea Boys #26 and #27: "Pride Day!"
Two original 8 and 9-panel comic strips. Pen and ink with some graphite and correction fluid on paper, title collaged. Each 353x368 mm, 13 7/8x14 1/2 inches. Signed and dated "©1999 Hanson and Neuwirth" along right margin.

Provenance: Private collection, Los Angeles.

The twenty sixth and seventh strip of 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.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.