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Show Cartoon Collectibles to open at Kimball Sunday field using his same comic characters for any major show," Ms. Barron said. Comic art has become recognized as a true art form in America. In June 1981, Phillips, the largest auction house in New York, held a major auction devoted entirely en-tirely to comic art. Ms. Barron noted that a number of collectors are currently buying original strips as investments. There will be an opening reception for the comic strip exhibit Sunday, August 1 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the downstairs gallery. Ms. Barron Bar-ron will be in attendance. This exhibit is being spons ored by Dick and Wilma Wilde of Silver King Bank and Bob and Ginny Pinder. Kimball Art Center hours are 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. The comic strip, with characters like Brenda Starr, Popeye, Nancy Spiderman, Blondie, Li'l Abner and the rest, has, in the past century, become a part of American cultures. A number of these original comic strips will be on display in the Kimball Art Center's downstairs gallery August 1 through 24. The collection of comic strips, compiled by Dion Barron of Cartoon Collectibles, Collect-ibles, will include some lithographs by the artists of Beetle Bailey, Pogo, B.C., Gasoline Alley and Batman. According to Ms. Barron, the show will also include such strips as Beetle Bailey, Blondie, Nancy, Henry, Terry and the Pirates, Herman, Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Little Lulu, Gordo, Popeye, Prince Valiant, Val-iant, B.C., Krazy Kat, and Mutt and Jeff. Lithographs by Al Capp, originally done for a 1974 New York show, will highlight high-light the collection. "This edition that he did marked the first time a comic artist crossed over to the fine art |