Albie's Note: Here was Red Ryder, the single most popular western comic strip of all time, adapted-- in 1943 AD-- to fit the relatively new novelty called "comic magazines."
While in some ways it doesn't hold up well [the sidekick Little Beaver is a somewhat uncomfortable stereotype, for example] I can actually, totally, see the appeal. Real life ranchman and artist Fred Harman [February 9, 1902 - January 2, 1982] created a wildly unrealistic white hat hero-- then drew him with such virile action and western vigor that it's actually pretty easy to see how the kids loved ol' Double R!
This episode ends kind of abruptly but I think it's because these were reprints from an on-going daily continuity.
In any case, bad guys had best beware... Red-headed Justice is riding hard!
You betchum!
While in some ways it doesn't hold up well [the sidekick Little Beaver is a somewhat uncomfortable stereotype, for example] I can actually, totally, see the appeal. Real life ranchman and artist Fred Harman [February 9, 1902 - January 2, 1982] created a wildly unrealistic white hat hero-- then drew him with such virile action and western vigor that it's actually pretty easy to see how the kids loved ol' Double R!
This episode ends kind of abruptly but I think it's because these were reprints from an on-going daily continuity.
In any case, bad guys had best beware... Red-headed Justice is riding hard!
You betchum!
PEACE
2 comments:
Where is my Red Ryder rifle and wagon so I can join in?
OSCAR: Yeah, no doubt... and you could e-bay them for a small fortune too :)
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