Hollreiser Comic Art

Van Lingle Mungo

Mungo was one of those Dodger players, like Wheat and Vance, whose name caught my eye once my interest in the team focussed on the 20s and 30’s, some years ago.

He’s a five time All Star with a 120-115 won-lost record (3.47 era) in 14 years playing for the Robins/Dodgers and Giants. 

Hollreiser

Well known (sports) cartoon artist Lenny Hollreiser drew this ‘This Day in Sports’ portrait of Mungo in 1971. 

He refers in this ‘day in sports’ to Mungo’s seven straight strikeouts on June 25th, 1936. He ended up being that season’s NL strikeout leader.

This is an original piece, ready for printing, with the title, copyright and registered trademark tag lines pasted on top of the original art.

It’s more than fifty years old but it was well preserved and looks very bright and crisp.