Date: 1936

Medium: Ink and crayon on paper

Dimensions: sheet: 14 3/8 × 11 5/16 in. (36.5 × 28.7 cm)

Illustration Citation: "The Lake of Wine," by John Hix, November 5, 1936, McNaught Syndicate, Inc.

Credit Line: Gift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987

Object Number: 1987-58

About: John Hix, a staff artist at the Washington Herald, created the panel series called Strange As It Seems, synidcated in over 1300 American newspapers. It featured off-beat information and was compared to Ripley's Believe It Or Not.