Meanwhile ... A Biography of Milton Caniff Robert C. Harvey. Fantagraphics, 2007. One of the most influential American cartoonists of the 20th century, Milt Canifff rose to prominence during World War II when he took the characters in his Terry and the Pirates strip into the war. The trenchant pragmatic patriotism of the strip warmed hearts and steeled nerves on the home front as well as the battlefront (one of his strips was read into the Congressional Record). He went on to create Steve Canyon, which was syndicated from 1947 to Caniff's death in 1988.
Meanwhile... traces Caniff's life from the cradle to the grave, marking the milestones in the development of the comic strip that Caniff established. Caniff reshaped the medium and set standards by which all storytelling strips were subsequently judged. He created many colorful characters, including the stalwart Pat Ryan from Terry and the Pirates, Burma the shady lady, and, most memorable of all, the Dragon Lady, a beautiful but mysteriously menacing pirate queen who turned Chinese patriot during the War.
As well as a biography, this book analyzes his storytelling techniques, serves as a history of the medium and reveals the inner workings of the syndicate business (at which Caniff was as expert as he was at cartooning). The book examines the artistic innovations and work routines of a nationally distributed cartoonist whose career was central to the development of the artform, marking along the way the milestones in the development of comic strip artistry that Caniff established. 952 pages. Hard Cover Black & White 6½" x 9½" (164mm x 241mm) (ISBN-13: 9781560977827)
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