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Western comics
Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the American Old West frontier (usually anywhere west of the Mississippi River) and typically set during the late nineteenth century. The term is generally associated with an American comic books genre published from the late 1940s through the 1950s (though the genre had continuing popularity in Europe, and persists in limited form in American comics today). Western comics of the period typically featured dramatic scripts about cowboys, gunfighters, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, and Native Americans. Accompanying artwork depicted a rural America populated with such iconic images as guns, cowboy hats, vests, horses, saloons, ranches, and deserts, contemporaneous with the setting.
Western novels, films, and pulp magazines were extremely popular in the United States from the late 1930s to the 1960s.
Western comics first appeared in syndicated newspaper strips in the early 1910s. Victor Forsythe introduced humorous takes on the genre with Bad Bill the Western Wildcat (1911) and Tenderfoot Tim (1912–1914), both published in the New York World. In October 1927, J. Carrol Mansfield, best known for the educational strip High Lights of History (1924-1942), launched Buffalo Bill, Scout of Scouts, a daily continuity strip recounting the formative years of young Billy Cody. In June 1927, Harry O'Neill's Young Buffalo Bill (later changed to Buckaroo Bill and then, finally, Broncho Bill), distributed by United Feature Syndicate. After O’Neill’s departure, Fred Meagher continued the feature briefly, and the title was later replaced by the actual Buffalo Bill strips (1950–1956).
Starting in the 1938, Red Ryder, Little Joe, and King of the Royal Mounted were syndicated in hundreds of newspapers across the United States. Garrett Price's White Boy (later changed to Skull Valley) was another syndicated strip from the 1930s.
The first Western stories to appear in the comic books were in the mid-1930s: National Allied's New Fun Comics #1 (Feb. 1935) ran the modern-West feature "Jack Woods" and the Old West feature "Buckskin Jim"; Centaur Publications' The Comics Magazine #1 (May 1936) ran the feature "Captain Bill of the Rangers"; and David McKay Publications's Feature Book #1 (May 1937) and a single issue of King Comics (also 1937) featured King of the Royal Mounted reprints before Dell took over licensing of the character. Dell Comics' The Funnies published a run of short adaptations of B-movie Westerns starting in vol. 2, issue #20 (May 1938). Whitman Comics' Crackajack Funnies ran regular Western features (including Tom Mix stories) beginning with issue #1 in June 1938.
The first stand-alone Western comics titles were published by Centaur Publications. Star Ranger and Western Picture Stories both debuted from the publisher in late 1936, cover-dated Feb. 1937. Star Ranger ran for 12 issues, becoming Cowboy Comics for a couple of issues, and then becoming Star Ranger Funnies. The series ended in October 1939. Western Picture Stories ran four issues in 1937. Dell Comics published Western Action Thrillers #1 shortly thereafter (cover-date Apr. 1937), and began publishing Red Ryder Comics, initially reprinting the long-running comic strip, in 1941. Edward “Tex” O’Reilly, the creator of the fakelore figure Pecos Bill, collaborated on the Pecos Bill comic strip with cartoonist Jack A. Warren (also known as Alonzo Vincent Warren) distributed by George Matthew Adams Service from 1936 to 1937.
In 1939, the Associated Features Syndicate, run by Robert W. Farrell, launched the newspaper strip Lightnin' and Lone Rider. Written by Farrell and illustrated by two young artists at the beginning artist: Jack Kirby and Frank Robbins, the strip was later reprinted in Eastern Color Printing's Famous Funnies.
Western comics became popular in the years immediately following World War II, when superheroes went out of style. Adult readership had grown during the war years, and returning servicemen wanted subjects other than superheroes in their books. The popularity of the Western genre in comic strips and other media gave birth to Western comics, many of which began being published around 1948.
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Western comics
Western comics is a comics genre usually depicting the American Old West frontier (usually anywhere west of the Mississippi River) and typically set during the late nineteenth century. The term is generally associated with an American comic books genre published from the late 1940s through the 1950s (though the genre had continuing popularity in Europe, and persists in limited form in American comics today). Western comics of the period typically featured dramatic scripts about cowboys, gunfighters, lawmen, bounty hunters, outlaws, and Native Americans. Accompanying artwork depicted a rural America populated with such iconic images as guns, cowboy hats, vests, horses, saloons, ranches, and deserts, contemporaneous with the setting.
Western novels, films, and pulp magazines were extremely popular in the United States from the late 1930s to the 1960s.
Western comics first appeared in syndicated newspaper strips in the early 1910s. Victor Forsythe introduced humorous takes on the genre with Bad Bill the Western Wildcat (1911) and Tenderfoot Tim (1912–1914), both published in the New York World. In October 1927, J. Carrol Mansfield, best known for the educational strip High Lights of History (1924-1942), launched Buffalo Bill, Scout of Scouts, a daily continuity strip recounting the formative years of young Billy Cody. In June 1927, Harry O'Neill's Young Buffalo Bill (later changed to Buckaroo Bill and then, finally, Broncho Bill), distributed by United Feature Syndicate. After O’Neill’s departure, Fred Meagher continued the feature briefly, and the title was later replaced by the actual Buffalo Bill strips (1950–1956).
Starting in the 1938, Red Ryder, Little Joe, and King of the Royal Mounted were syndicated in hundreds of newspapers across the United States. Garrett Price's White Boy (later changed to Skull Valley) was another syndicated strip from the 1930s.
The first Western stories to appear in the comic books were in the mid-1930s: National Allied's New Fun Comics #1 (Feb. 1935) ran the modern-West feature "Jack Woods" and the Old West feature "Buckskin Jim"; Centaur Publications' The Comics Magazine #1 (May 1936) ran the feature "Captain Bill of the Rangers"; and David McKay Publications's Feature Book #1 (May 1937) and a single issue of King Comics (also 1937) featured King of the Royal Mounted reprints before Dell took over licensing of the character. Dell Comics' The Funnies published a run of short adaptations of B-movie Westerns starting in vol. 2, issue #20 (May 1938). Whitman Comics' Crackajack Funnies ran regular Western features (including Tom Mix stories) beginning with issue #1 in June 1938.
The first stand-alone Western comics titles were published by Centaur Publications. Star Ranger and Western Picture Stories both debuted from the publisher in late 1936, cover-dated Feb. 1937. Star Ranger ran for 12 issues, becoming Cowboy Comics for a couple of issues, and then becoming Star Ranger Funnies. The series ended in October 1939. Western Picture Stories ran four issues in 1937. Dell Comics published Western Action Thrillers #1 shortly thereafter (cover-date Apr. 1937), and began publishing Red Ryder Comics, initially reprinting the long-running comic strip, in 1941. Edward “Tex” O’Reilly, the creator of the fakelore figure Pecos Bill, collaborated on the Pecos Bill comic strip with cartoonist Jack A. Warren (also known as Alonzo Vincent Warren) distributed by George Matthew Adams Service from 1936 to 1937.
In 1939, the Associated Features Syndicate, run by Robert W. Farrell, launched the newspaper strip Lightnin' and Lone Rider. Written by Farrell and illustrated by two young artists at the beginning artist: Jack Kirby and Frank Robbins, the strip was later reprinted in Eastern Color Printing's Famous Funnies.
Western comics became popular in the years immediately following World War II, when superheroes went out of style. Adult readership had grown during the war years, and returning servicemen wanted subjects other than superheroes in their books. The popularity of the Western genre in comic strips and other media gave birth to Western comics, many of which began being published around 1948.