Library Collections: Visual Still: Enlargement

Panels of the comic book, "The Will To Win." A comic creator invents a smiling character in a wheelchair, Good Willy.



Visual Still Information

Title: The Will To Win, Page 2
From: The Will To Win
Original caption: Panel 1
One day Milton Caniff, creator of the popular comic strip, “Steve Canyon” is sketching a character to be a symbol for Goodwill Industries.
“This is a friendly looking fellow. Looks like he might want to help others. But if he stands for Goodwill Industries, he ought to be handicapped himself!”

Panel 2
“Too bad about being handicapped. It can happen so suddenly, and in so many different ways...”

Panel 3
In just seconds, a whole lifetime can be changed through accidents.... on highways... at home ... or at most any unexpected time or place!
Creator: Milton Caniff (illustrator)
Date: Circa 1955
Source: Goodwill Industries International, Inc., Archives, Robert E. Watkins Library