LOAC ESSENTIALS reprints the daily newspaper strips that are essential to comics history, seminal strips that are unique creations in their own right, while also significantly contributing to the advancement of the medium.
reproduced one per page, allowing us to have an experience similar to what newspaper buyers had many decades ago— reading the comics one day at a time. USA $29.99/Different in Canada
Alex Raymond became Lyman Young’s assistant on the daily Tim Tyler’s Luck in May, 1932 and the evolution of the look of the strip is little short of remarkable. Raymond’s influence blends with the “Young look,” even as he begins to give the strip volume by using both foreground and background. He also relies on extensive use of brushwork and shading, adding mass and dimension to background elements and characters alike. By late January, 1933, Raymond’s pen and brush have infused the art with a new maturity and before the year’s end, he had created the visual forerunners of Flash Gordon and Dale Arden. — BRUCE CANWELL
MORE THAN A COMPLETE YEAR OF COMICS
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1933 T H E L I B R A RY O F AMERICAN COMICS PRESENTS
KING FEATURES ESSENTIALS VOL. 2: TIM TYLER’S LUCK by Lyman Young and Alex Raymond
THE LIBRARY OF AMERICAN COMICS ESSENTIALS VOLUME 9 EDITED AND DESIGNED BY Dean Mullaney ASSOCIATE EDITOR Bruce Canwell ART DIRECTOR Lorraine Turner ART RESTORATION
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Thanks to Tom Roberts and to the San Francisco Academy of Comic Art Collection at the Ohio State University’s Billy Ireland Cartoon Library & Museum for supplying most of the source material for this volume. Additional thanks to Jackson Glassey for scanning, Justin Eisinger, and Alonzo Simon. IDW Publishing Ted Adams, Chief Executive Officer/Publisher Greg Goldstein, Chief Operating Officer/President Robbie Robbins, EVP/Sr. Graphic Artist Chris Ryall, Chief Creative Officer/Editor-in-Chief Matthew Ruzicka, CPA, Chief Financial Officer Dirk Wood, VP of Marketing Lorelei Bunjes, VP of Digital Services Jeff Webber, VP of Licensing, Digital and Subsidiary Rights Jerry Bennington, VP of New Product Development
ISBN: 978-1-63140-697-3 First Printing, July 2016 Copyright © 2016 King Features Syndicate. TM Hearst Holdings, Inc. The Library of American Comics is a trademark of The Library of American Comics LLC. All rights reserved. Introduction © 2016 Bruce Canwell. With the exception of artwork used for review purposes, none of the contents of this publication may be reprinted without the permission of the publisher. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording, or by any information and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher. Printed in Korea.
Publisher’s note: These comic strips were created in an earlier time and include racial stereotypes; we reproduce them with the understanding that they reflect a bygone era.
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SATURDAY, APRIL 30, 1932
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MONDAY, MAY 2, 1932
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TUESDAY, MAY 3, 1932
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WEDNESDAY, MAY 4, 1932
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SATURDAY, MAY 7, 1932
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