Even though our teachers frowned upon comics and comic books back in our grammar school years, I attribute much of my early education in reading comprehension to the daily and Sunday Trenton Times comics, and the Sunday edition of the New York Journal American which published the "Puck" series of comics. Lyman Young's "Tim Tyler's Luck" and Chester Gould's "Dick Tracy," Milton Caniff's "Terry and the Pirates," Ernie Bushmiller's "Nancy" and countless other comics of the era in which I grew up played a very important part in my early reading comprehension. I loved Tim Tyler and Captain Easy. Both of whom graced the pages of the TrentonTimes. Prince Valiant, a SundayTimes color feature, was one of the catalysts that planted the seed of historic interest in my overly absorbent gray matter. Today's comics are different from the golden age. In the golden age, actual stories were serialized and continued on day by day until completed, and a new story began. I am going to begin a personal collection of those old comics and scan and digitize those of interest to me. We had a huge list of daily comic strips to follow including: WASH TUBBS, TILLIE THE TOILER, DIXIE DUGAN, THE KATZENJAMMER KIDS, L'IL ABNER, FRECKLES, WINNIE WINKLE, BRINGING UP FATHER, MAJOR HOOPLE, ANDY GUMP, and the list goes on. My army years had my buddies and I reading the daily adventures of "Steve Canyon;" one of my very favorite Caniff comics. Ken Pierce Books, an internet site on the web has put together a number of those comics, both color and black and white in book form. I will begin a collection; especially Terry and the Pirates, even though I wish they had saved TIM TYLER'S LUCK AND JOE JINKS AND DYNAMITE DUNN!
Mack said...Hi Tom:)
Trenton Times Comics pages 1977
Marmaduke,Grin and Bear It,Tank McNarama,The Born Loser, Apartment 3G,Judge Parker,Tumbleweeds,The Phantom,Barney Google,Modesty Blaise,Hagar The Horrible,Funky Winkerbean ,Nancy,Wordsmith,Frank and Ernest,Lil Abner,Tiger,Broom
Hilda,Alley Oop,Winnie Winkie.
Trentonian Comics pages 1977
They're Oughta Be a Law, Animal Crackers, Figments, Quincy,
Hubert, Moose, Fred Basset, Redeye, Buz Sawyer, Dick Tracy
, Archie, Heathcliff, Citizen Smith, Emmy Lou, Star Gazer,
The Crossword Puzzle.
For your blog readers of my days. 
Tom Glover said...THANKS, MACK. THIS WAS THE ERA WHEN STORY TYPE (SERIALIZED) COMICS WERE GRADUALLY BEING DISCONTINUED.
TOM
Hi Tom:)
ReplyDeleteTrenton Times Comics pages 1977
Marmaduke,Grin and Bear It,Tank McNarama,The Born Loser, Apartment 3G,Judge Parker,Tumbleweeds,The Phantom,Barney Google,Modesty Blaise,Hagar The Horrible,Funky Winkerbean ,Nancy,Wordsmith,Frank and Ernest,Lil Abner,Tiger,Broom
Hilda,Alley Oop,Winnie Winkie.
Trentonian Comics pages 1977
They're Oughta Be a Law, Animal Crackers, Figments, Quincy,
Hubert, Moose, Fred Basset, Redeye, Buz Sawyer, Dick Tracy
, Archie, Heathcliff, Citizen Smith, Emmy Lou, Star Gazer,
The Crossword Puzzle.
For your blog readers of my days.
THANKS, MACK. THIS WAS THE ERA WHEN STORY TYPE (SERIALIZED) COMICS WERE GRADUALLY BEING DISCONTINUED.
ReplyDeleteTOM