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Ace Comics
''Ace Comics'' was a comic book series published by David McKay Publications between 1937 and 1949 — starting just before the Golden Age of Comic Books. The title reprinted syndicated newspaper strips owned by King Features Syndicate, following the successful formula of a mix of adventure and humor strips introduced by McKay in their ''King Comics'' title in April 1936; some of the strips were transferred from ''King Comics'' and continued in ''Ace Comics'' from issue #1. ''Ace Comics'' #11, the first appearance of The Phantom, is regarded by many to be a key issue in the history of comics, as it introduced to the comics format one of the first of the costumed heroes, leading to the Golden Age of superheroes in comics. Publication history The first issue of ''Ace Comics'' was published in April 1937, and included the adventures of hunter ''Jungle Jim'' written by Flash Gordon writer Alex Raymond, Chic Young's ''Blondie (comic strip), Blondie'', and George Herriman's surreal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ongoing Series
In comics, an ongoing series is a series that runs indefinitely. This is in contrast to limited series (a series intended to end after a certain number of issues thus limited), a one shot (a comic book which is not a part of an ongoing series), a graphic novel, or a trade paperback, but a series of graphic novels may be considered ongoing as well. The term may also informally refer to a current or incomplete limited series with a predetermined number of issues. Characteristics An ongoing series is traditionally published on a fixed schedule, typically monthly or bimonthly but many factors can cause an issue to be published late. In the past, the schedule was often maintained with the use of fill-in issues (usually by a different creative team, sometimes hurting quality), but increasingly the practice has been to simply delay publication. An ongoing "might run for decades and hundreds of issues or be canceled after only a handful of issues". When an ongoing series ceases to b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ray Moore (comics)
Raymond S. Moore (1905 – January 13, 1984) was an American comic strip artist. After Lee Falk, he was the first artist on what would become the world's most popular adventure comic strip, ''The Phantom'', which started in 1936.Obituary ''New York Times'' (Jan. 17, 1984). Biography Moore was born in Montgomery City, Missouri, in 1905. He was the son of a jewelerMoore profileLambiek's Comiclopedia. Retrieved July 2, 2022. and clockmaker, and originally intended to become an engineer (at the request of his father), before he realised that he could live off his job as an artist. He attended Washington University in St. Louis, Washington Un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tillie The Toiler
''Tillie the Toiler'' is a newspaper comic strip A comic strip is a Comics, sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often Serial (literature), serialized, with text in Speech balloon, balloons and Glossary of comics terminology#Captio ... created by cartoonist Russ Westover who initially worked on his concept of a flapper character in a strip he titled ''Rose of the Office''. With a title change, it sold to King Features Syndicate which carried the strip from January 3, 1921, to March 15, 1959. The daily strip began on Monday, January 3, 1921, followed by the Sunday page on October 10, 1922. Westover retired in 1951 with his assistant Bob Gustafson then doing most of the writing and drawing. After Westover departed completely three years later, Gustafson's signature appeared on the strip beginning October 4, 1954. The daily strip ended March 7, 1959, with the last Sunday eight days later on March 15. Charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |