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(62) Terry and the Pirates."Boy what a smeller-cellar this dump is!" 1942. Published by the News
Syndicate, September 27, 1942.
Ink brush with scraping out and blue pencil
over graphite underdrawing.
Art Wood Collection of Cartoon and Caricature
Prints and Photographs Division
LC-DIG-ppmsca-06582; LC-USZC4-12590 (62)
Milton Caniff (1907-1988), a.k.a. the "Rembrandt of the Comic Strip," transformed the comic adventure strip in the 1940s through his ground-breaking creations Terry and the Pirates and Steve Canyon. This eleven-panel comic strip contains key elements of his exemplary work -- fascinating characters; gripping story lines dramatically realized; and convincingly rendered exotic locales. The star, Air Force officer Terry Lee, and a friend visit a nightclub where Rouge, a striking dancer, performs. Later, Terry settles in the apartment where Rouge has given him a bed, when the lights dim, he realizes that a radio transmitter is being operated in the building. |