Stripper's Guide

Soumis par Gabriel Gaudette le ven, 07/04/2008 - 16:11

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«The Striper's Guide» est le blogue de l'historien du comic strip Allan Hortz, qui présente sur ce site des strips du début du 20e siècle n'ayant pas été réédités. Les explications parfois fort détaillées qui accompagnent les entrées du blogue permettent d'apprécier davantage les bijoux que l'auteur a déterrés.

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Here's a special obscurity for July 4th. Usually these darn holidays sneak up on me and I'm caught with my pants down running something totally inappropriate. Well, it happened yet again but luckily I just happened to have Heroes of Democracy sitting in the pipeline. This World War II patriotic strip tells the stories of real American heroes, including that of Arthur Wermuth whose story would only become more and more incredible as the war raged on (visit the link). This daily strip was an oddball, published by Hearst but not syndicated; it apparently only ran in the Hearst-owned papers. The strip ran March 9 to August 29 1942, a period when Americans needed all the heroes they could come by. A 1943 Big Little Book titled Fighting Heroes collected material from the series. Stookie Allen, the creator of the feature, is a fellow I'd sure like to know more about. From the thirties through the fifties he created mostly fact-based features like this one; he also worked in pulps and comic books producing the same sort of material. Most of his features seemed to tout his name as if he were a celebrity though none of his newspaper work appeared in many papers. Did he have some claim to fame that merited the star billing or was he simply a good self-promoter?

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« I am a comic strip historian. In the course of my research I come across a lot of interesting rare material that may or may not end up used in my projects but that I hate to just file away unseen. This blog is my outlet for all manner of interesting, oddball and rare material related to comic strip history. Your participation is encouraged - got a question about newspaper comic strips you'd like answered, or have a suggestion for a topic you'd like me to cover? I'd love to hear from you! You can post a comment on any post (click on 'Post a Comment' at the end of the post), or email me at stripper@rtsco.com. Note: All images on this blog are thumbnails - click on the images to see full size readable versions. Some browsers may require you to click on the image a second time to see the image at absolute full size (not reduced to fit your screen). »

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