Warren Tufts Retrospective by Yeo, Henry (ed) - 1980

Long Beach, California: Western Wind Production, 1980. Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine. b/w Illustrations. Warren Tufts (December 12, 1925 - 1982) was a comic strip and comic book artist and writer who can be said to have been born too late, as he entered the comic strip business when the story strip, his preferred form, was already in a decline. As a result of that and his eventual falling out with United Features Syndicate, he never enjoyed the fame and fortune of the more successful comic strip creators, such as Hal Foster and Milton Caniff. Nonetheless, his work has received considerable praise from critics such as Bill Blackbeard. He was born in Fresno, California. In 1949, Warren Tufts created the western comic strip Casey Ruggles. The strip was distributed by United Features. It started out as a Sunday-only strip, but the lushly illustrated strip soon proved to be very popular and soon a daily strip was added which appeared in many newspapers. However, as Tufts was a perfectionist who often… Read More

Long Beach, Califonia USA.: Western Wind Production, 1980. Book. Illus. by Illustrated Cover art!. FINE+, Near New. Soft cover. First Edition By This Publisher.. 160 PAGES. CONTENTS - #1 - Casey Ruggles, an Appreciation; #2 - Historica Personlities in Casey Ruggles; #3 - Overview - The Casey Ruggles Daily Series; #4 - The Lone Spaceman; #5 - Lance - A Jounal of Exploration; #6 - The Lance Daily Series; #7 - Historial Personalities in Lance; #8 - Other Work by Warren Tufts; #9 - On Finding Warren Tufts; #10 - The Warren Tufts Interview; >>> weight = 365 grams >> Minor bump to left bottom corner of backcover; Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.