#dick calkins

[gameraboy2]

Buck Rogers #2 (1941) Cover by Dick Calkins

[evilhorse]

Then came a message through the radio writer.

(Buck Rogers 2429 A.D. daily strip)

[zippocreed501]

Wilma Deering

art: Dick Calkins

[tomoleary]

Dick Calkins "Buck Rogers vs. The Fiend of Space" Whitman #1409 (1940-John F. Dille Co.)

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[fromthedust]

Buck Rogers Bucktoys - #1 through #6 - Dick Calkins, John Dille Co. - 1932-1934

and  Buck Rogers Rubber Band Gun - Onward School Supplies - John F. Dille Co. - 1940

[downthetubes]

WebFind: "Passing Parade" spotlights the top American newspaper cartoonists of 1945

A snapshot in time, featuring some very famous faces in the American comics world just after World War Two...

[numinous-scribe]

Jazz didn’t care anymore about the cameras or her parents or her future. She pushed back her mask and pressed her lips to Danny as she sank to the floor. She cradled him to her chest and tried to keep from bursting into sobs, though she couldn’t stop the tears. “I’m so sorry,” she whispered. “I’m here now. You’re safe. They, they won’t ever get their hands on you again if I have anything to say about it.” Dick knelt down facing her. “Calkins, are you okay? Who are they?” Jazz shook her head, tears falling faster and clutched Danny to her. “Please, please,” she begged through her sobs. “Be okay.” “Calkins!” Tucker’s voice broke through her breakdown. “Wake him up. You know how, remember? Regrowth and Starfire are almost finished on the floor above you.” Jazz nodded, though he couldn’t see and took a few shaky breaths. “Okay, I can do this,” she said to herself. She closed her eyes and held Danny out in front of her. Again she pressed a kiss to his core. With the gesture, she shoved every feeling of safety and security she could at her brother. She wasn’t a ghost; she didn’t have any powers. But she loved her brother and she would do everything to keep him safe. And he was a ghost. Ghosts had empathy. Usually it only worked with other ghosts, but Danny was half human. And had known her his entire life. He would feel her.

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My final piece for @dpxdcbigbang! This scene is from ch 3 of "Behind the Fortress Walls" by @wolfjackle. If you haven't already, go check it out!

[wolfjackle-creates]

Behind the Fortress Walls Chapter 3

Fic Summary

Jazz is in love with Dick. He’s kind, considerate, and caring. Far and away the nicest person she’s ever dated. But she’s lying to him. About so, so much. And he’ll hate her once he learns the truth. Assuming he doesn't get tired of her canceling all their dates first. When Danny and Ellie go missing, the latest in a series of ghostly disappearances, she's forced to cancel another date. Going to Elmerton to meet up with Tucker and Sam, she will get Danny and Ellie back from the GIW no matter what it takes. Only…they aren't the only ones breaking in.

And we've got art this chapter!!!!!!!!!

I have been spoiled by my artists. Starting with the fact that there's two of them.

Chapter 3: 5.5k words

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“Don’t move!” cried Dick.

“Just shutting off my comm.” She winced as Sam and Tucker yelled at her to stop. “Will you let me?”

Nightwing, Dick, hesitated. “Why?”

She quickly pressed the power button on her comm and pulled out her hand, holding it palm out and open to show she had nothing in it. “You know,” she said conversationally, “This really explains quite a lot. I suppose it’s your friend who is controlling the cameras and blocking out our tech person?”

“You’ll understand if I don’t answer your questions.”

Jazz nodded. “I do. But I do think we should have a conversation in private.” She nudged the blaster with her foot, kicking it in Dick’s direction. “Want the rest of my weapons as a peace offering?”

“Explain who you are and what you’re doing here. If I like the answer, I may consider hearing you out.”

Jazz shrugged. “The only name I can give you right now is Calkins. And I’m here on a rescue mission.”

Nightwing’s escrima sticks lowered slightly. “Calkins?”

“You’ve heard of me?”

“Heard someone asking about an anti-meta government group in the area. It’s why we’re here.”

Jazz blinked in surprise then burst out laughing. They’d canceled their date only to go on to raid the same GIW base instead? She had to lean against the door to keep upright. “Oh my god. That’s…”

Dick was clearly taken aback by her reaction, but didn’t seem to feel at risk. He returned his escrima sticks to their holder on his back and took a half step forward before stopping. “Are you all right?” he asked slowly.

Jazz held up one hand and gasped to try and get herself under control. God, Dick must be the reason the base was so empty. It all made sense. The relief was overwhelming. “Sorry,” she gasped out. “Sorry. Just…” She giggled some more. “We should have a private conversation.” She took a moment to just look at Dick. He really cut a figure in his Nightwing get up. No wonder people looked up to him with both fear and wonder.

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Keep reading, because this chapter has my favorite moment in the fic. And I cannot wait to see how the rest of y'all react to it.

[comiccrusaders]

The Pop-Up Buck Rogers, 1935, Dick Calkins #comicart

[condamina]

Nel 1924 il fumetto si è già strutturato come industria

Nel 1924 il fumetto si è già strutturato come industria

Yellow Kid. Fonte: Wikipedia I Katzenjammer Kids, Bibì e Bibò in Italia Una celebre immagine di Krazy Kat È importante considerare come a quest’altezza temporale l’industria dei comics sia già strutturata; il lavoro dei primi artisti, come Outcault, Dirks, Verbeek, Feininger, McCay, Swinnerton, Bud Fisher e altri, ha perfezionato e regolamentato le strutture semiotiche del linguaggio in un…

[gameraboy2]

1933 Buck Rogers in the 25th Century storybook by Phil Nolan and Dick Calkins

[evilhorse]

I hope we don’t get a ticket.

(Buck Rogers 2429 A.D. daily strip)

[rocket-prose]

Original Dick Calkins art for the Buck Rogers #844 daily comic strip (John F. Dille Co., 1931).

[tomoleary]

Buck Rogers (Eastern Color) Complete Run, Winter 1940-1941 - September 1943

1, 2 - Dick Calkins. 3, 4, 6 - Stephen Douglas. 5 - Unknown

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Dick Calkins

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[onlylonelylatino]

“Buck Rogers, 2429 A.D.” based off the short stories by Philip Francis Nowlan starts running in 1929.  Art by Richard “Dick” Calkins.  The strip was pretty racist depicting the Chinese as the enemy.  If we were to add a disclaimer like the ones used on restored collections of old cartoons, it would go like this:  “Buck Rogers may depict some ethnic and racial prejudices that were once commonplace in American society. Such depictions were wrong then and are wrong today.”