“Dick Tracy” (09/01/1947)
by Chester Gould (1900-1985)
20 x 6 in., ink on Bristol
Coppola Collection

Chester Gould created the Dick Tracy character, and then wrote and drew the popular series from 1931 to 1977. He famously introduced the two-way wrist radio in 1946, and the television version of it in 1947. A pity he did not live to see the Apple Watch.