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Comic Mint, your best source for rare, kooky, and classic animation art, is pleased to offer POPEYE and BETTY BOOP fans this sensational hand-painted limited edition cel created by Myron Waldman, titled 'Flexing for Betty', which is placed against a colorful lithograph background.

This beautiful hand-painted cel features Popeye showing off his muscle for Betty Boop, with her dog, Pudgy. It is numbered 143 of 500 pieces in the world. The cel is hand-numbered and hand signed by legendary animator, MYRON WALDMAN. The image area measures 15" by 12" inches. The cel has the official studio gold seals (lower left and right corners) and is accompanied with a gallery certificate of authenticity.

MYRON WALDMAN:
Born in Brooklyn, New York in 1908, Myron Waldman was a force in the animation industry. Waldman studied art at the Pratt Institute and began working with Fleischer Studio in 1930. It was with this studio that he did some of his most famous work, including Betty Boop, Raggedy Ann, Gulliver’s Travels, the animated adaptations of Superman, and Popeye. Throughout his career, which continued into the eighties, Waldman was an animator in more than 150 films and television shows, and was the animation director for more than fifty. In 1986, he was awarded the Motion Picture Sceen Cartoonists Award, and in 1997 he was honored with the Winsor McCay Award, presented in recognition of the lifetime achievements in animation. Waldman passed away in 2006, but his work continues to affect and influence adults and children alike.