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| Terry and the Pirates | |
|---|---|
.jpg) The first Terry and the Pirates Sunday page was launched on December 9, 1934. | |
| Author(s) | Milton Caniff (1934–1946) George Wunder (1946–1973) |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded daily and Sunday strip |
| Launch date | 22 October 1934 |
| End date | 25 February 1973 |
| Syndicate(s) | Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate |
| Genre(s) | Adventure |
Terry and the Pirates is an action-adventure comic strip created by cartoonist Milton Caniff, which originally ran from October 22, 1934, to February 25, 1973.[1] Captain Joseph Patterson, editor for the Chicago Tribune New York News Syndicate, had admired Caniff's work on the children's adventure strip Dickie Dare and hired him to create the new adventure strip, providing Caniff with the title and locale. The Dragon Lady leads the evil pirates; conflict with the pirates was diminished in priority when World War II started.[2]
The strip was read by 31 million newspaper subscribers between 1934 and 1946.[3] In 1946, Caniff won the first Cartoonist of the Year Award from the National Cartoonists Society for his work on Terry and the Pirates.
Writer Tom De Haven described Terry and the Pirates as "the great strip of World War II" and "The Casablanca of comics".[4]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Holtzwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Harvey, Robert C. (2002). Milton Caniff Conversations. University Press of Mississippi. p. 12. ISBN 1-57806-437-6.
- ^ "Terry and the Pirates". The Library of American Comics. Archived from the original on 2012-11-18. Retrieved 2012-12-03.
- ^ De Haven, Tom. "Your guide to classic comic-strips". Entertainment Weekly. October 5, 1990. Retrieved December 2, 2021.