What's your problem, Diz?
Date1971
Artist
Morrie Turner
(American cartoonist, 1923–2014)
Illustration CitationSyndicated comic strip "Wee Pals," by Morrie Turner, September 5, 1971, The Register and Tribune Syndicate
MediumInk and light blue pencil on paper
Dimensionssheet: 14 7/16 × 27 1/4 in. (36.7 × 69.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund and gift of Helen Farr Sloan, 1983
Object number1983-106
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ClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextCartoonist Morrie Turner was the first African-American artist whose comic strip was widely syndicated. His "Wee Pals" was also the first with a racially mixed group of characters. Here, Diz updates a playmate about a new meaning for the word "bread."Turner often included sides panels under the title "Soul Corner" (right side), where the pals reflect on how grown-ups complicate their lives.
Alice Barber Stephens
1905
