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
TIM TYLER’S LUCK
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Lyman Young