Al's Childhood Drawings (Part 1)
Here's a drawing of Mickey Mouse done by Lil' Al Wiseman back in 1928 when he was just a wee lad of 10. He signed it "Jack", which was Al's childhood nickname.
Why "Jack", you ask? Well, when I posed that question to Al's daughter, Jan Pisciotta, she gave me this answer:
"Would anyone under 6’9” without an Irish name like to be called Alvin? (Look what happened to that poor chipmunk!) No, Dad was only one of many who didn't like the name Alvin."
Thanks to Jan for supplying me with a photocopy of this art years ago. And thanks to Teresa Tersol-Wiseman for the swell scan (of that very same artwork) that you see posted here today!
Al's Childhood Drawings:
Part 1/Part 2/Part 3
2 Comments:
Wow! Even at 10 you can see Al was a master. All my doodles at that age look like scratchy, primordial Don Martin cartoons.
Yeah, Wiseman was pretty advanced for his age!
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