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Seriously, Milt, you couldn't have just implied this. No one needs this mental image in his or her head, do you hear me, no one!
N.B. Fitz does look down an egg cream or two in weight.
I wonder whether he later chased his war cartoonism with a monograph or two describing his Second War newspaper stint to put his work in finer focus. A final polish of the corpus work would make for interesting read.Since I'm caught up to the latest Clover Press release (which is up through 1940) until they release the next few years (should be this month or next), I've been reading through some of the bonus material they also sent (which is quite good).
Below are two promotional items that Caniff did.
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This one is described as "Dragon Lady paper doll artwork and instructions for printer."
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This one's caption reads "One of Caniff's best specialty drawings, combining his confident brushwork with an editorial cartoonist's wry look at Pat Ryan's 'dilemma'."
I'm guessing that it is Burma in the, umm, strategic position.
"Give us the codes!"
"I will never sell out my country!"
"We will pull out your fingernails one by one."
"I will never sell out my country!"
"We break all your bones."
"I will never sell out my country!"
"We will cut out your tongue."
"I will never sell out my country!"
"We will make you sleep with Cheery."
"The first thing to understand about how our codes work is..."
I had to research, but couldn't find out. What does "Cheery" mean?
Well lads. A bishop mitre staved purposely tried true love or lie. And I am not alone thinking opportune chance stirs life, strife, and another comic strip character's wife.Cheery is the first (or given) name of Madam Singh. You might remember her from a few years back. She is Captain Blaze's daughter, so her maiden name was Cheery Blaze. The irony Caniff played with in calling her Cheery is that she is the least cheery person on earth.
This is Cheery with Terry:
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