Not a Bad Idea (Boots and Her Buddies)
Date1938
Artist
Edgar Everett "Abe" Martin
(American cartoonist, 1898–1960)
Illustration CitationSyndicated comic strip "Boots and Her Buddies," by Edgar Everett Martin, December 7, 1938, Newspaper Enterprise Association Service, Inc.
MediumInk and blue pencil on illustration board
Dimensionssheet: 5 11/16 × 21 5/8 in. (14.4 × 54.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1987
Object number1987-49
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextEdgar Everett Martin's comic strip Boots and Her Buddies ran from 1924 to 1969. A cartoonist for the Newspaper Enterprise Association, Martin created Boots as a young woman who showed off the latest in fashion and hair styles. Initially depicted as a college student, Boots eventually married, and Martin devised various plots accordingly. In a life imitating art scenario, when Martin had the character Boots judge beauty contests, the cartoonist received similar invitations. 
