#Terry and the pirates

[tomoleary]

Milton Caniff - Dragon Lady Illustration Original Art (1939)

Source

“Caniff was well known to have prints made of Dragon Lady which he would hand-color and give out to fans requesting artwork, but this stunning piece is all hand-drawn, and was created for a very special person -- Orson Welles! The mat includes an inscription from Caniff, "For Orson Welles -- who knows how to savor melancholy," and is signed and dated, "New York, October 1939." This was one year after the famous Mercury Theater "War of the Worlds" radio program that made Welles a star. Obviously, Mr. Caniff was a fan!”

[alternateworldcomics]

Terry and the Pirates by Milton Caniff from December 22, 1940.

[stazjohnson]

Milton Caniff’s Dragon Lady. Ink on paper, digital colour & aging effects.

[balu8]

Terry and the Pirates (06-01-1939)

by Milton Caniff

Source: Chris K. (comicartfans)

Caniff, Milton - Terry & the Pirates, 6-1-1939, in Chris K.'s TERRY & THE PIRATES Comic Art Gallery Room (comicartfans.com)

[krinsbez]

Preeeeesenting...the 2025 Pulptober Prompts!

Well, a bit later than I was hoping for, but less late thatn last years.

Check 'em out guys!

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(note: between this and the crosspost on my backup blog, I have tried to put in as many tags as possible, but A: since that inevitably ends up being more than tumblr allows, I cannot guarantee all of them made it through, and B: I'm sure there are tags I didn't think of, if people could let me know which ones didn't make it through/were missed, or even better add them to your own RBs, or best of all, both!)

1-The Shadow/Urban Adventurer

2-Doc Savage/Genius of Justice

3-The Green Hornet/Crimefighter With a Cool Car

4-Thompson and Thomson/Frenemy on the Force

5-The Lone Ranger/Music Maketh Man

6-Burma/Friendly Femme Fatale

7-The Golden Amazon/The World Will Bow Before Me!

8-Conan/The Journeying Hero

9-Tonto/Ethnic Sidekick

10-Diabolik/Mastermind of Crime

11-Pat Savage/Thirst For Adventure

12-Eddie Hark/Pulp Noir

13-Kato/Scientific Sidekick

14-Mexican Fantomas/Hero In translation

15-Dale Arden/Damsel In Distress

16-Planetary/Meta-Pulp

17-Hellboy/Hero Launcher

18-The Green Lama/Public Domain Pulp

19-The Punisher/Pulp From Pain

20-Sheena/Iconic Outfit

21-Imaro/Giant of Justice

22-Defenders of the Earth/Crimefighting Crossover

23-Lara Croft/Two Guns

24-Huang Rong/Prickly Pulp Heroes

25-Silver John/Lonesome Helper

26-El Santo/Masked Hero

27-Blade/Monster Slayer

28-The Spider/Heroism or Madness

29-MacGyver/Pulp Pacifism

30-Harry Vincent/Right Hand Man

31-Batman/Pulp? Hero

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Milton Caniff - Terry and the Pirates Sunday 04/01/1945

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Terry And The Pirates

Art by Milton Caniff

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Milton Caniff

[thebristolboard]

Original Terry and the Pirates daily strip by George Wunder, October 31, 1956. 60 years ago!

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BHOC: MARVEL TALES #98

Now this was a comic book that I had been eagerly anticipating for several months once I had realized that its reprinting was approaching in the sequence. By 1978, the demise of Gwen Stacy was established canon–even the original Clone storyline was finished by then–but the story of her death was still referenced and talked about like an acknowledged classic. I had really liked Gwen in the other…

[tomoleary]

Milton Caniff “Terry and the Pirates” Custom Drawing Original Art (1934) Source

[cantsayidont]

July 28, 1941. Launched in October 1934, TERRY AND THE PIRATES eventually emerged as one of the finest newspaper adventure strips of its era, making cartoonist Milton Caniff a celebrity and one of the most-imitated artists in the comics field, along with Alex Raymond. The strip followed the adventures of a white American boy named Terry Lee on the loose in China along with his notional guardian, two-fisted Irish adventurer Pat Ryan. Unlike many comics characters, Terry was not immune to aging; a young boy a the start of the strip, he's a teenager here, and eventually plateaued in his mid-20s. The woman gently deflecting his awkward pass in this strip is Burma, a brassy American nightclub singer with a checkered past — she was wanted by the British for piracy, a hanging offense — and a heart of gold beneath her cynical exterior.

The plots and subject matter of TERRY AND THE PIRATES aren't always palatable today, especially the early continuities, which are full of Exotic Orient hokum and offensive Chinese caricatures, something that diminished but never entirely went away even in later years.

However, Caniff's craft — his visual storytelling, his characterization, his use of light and shadow, his ability to craft complex and entertaining stories full of snappy dialogue and memorable characters — was of the highest caliber. Jack Kirby called Caniff "my art school," and a whole raft of comic book artists who began their careers in the 1940s (including Carmine Infantino, Joe Kubert, and Alex Toth, to name just a few) started off trying to ape Caniff. He represented the big time: In talent, in success, in acclaim, he was what they all wanted to be.

Caniff left TERRY at the end of 1946 because while he was earning a healthy salary, the syndicate owned the strip, so he wasn't getting a piece of the action on adaptations, merchandising, and tie-ins, which was substantial. On January 13, 1947, he launched a new strip, STEVE CANYON, which was all his; it continued until shortly after his death in 1988. After Caniff departed, the syndicate assigned TERRY AND THE PIRATES to George Wunder, who kept it going until 1973.

[stazjohnson]

Milton Caniff’s Dragon Lady, inked sketch.

[balu8]

Terry and the Pirates (1944)

by Milton Caniff

[mrrubbersuitman]

https://www.etsy.com/.../four-color-comics-terry-and-the... GD Four Color 44, second appearance of Terry and the Pirates. Available through the link for $38.00

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Milton Caniff - Terry and the Pirates Sunday 02/04/1940