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Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde Hipshot's Lady

Artist: Stan Lynde (Penciller)

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Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde Hipshot's Lady Comic Art

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Title:	Rick O'Shay by Stan Lynde Hipshot's Lady
Artist:	Stan Lynde (Penciller)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	3,619
Likes on CAF:	0 1
Favorited on CAF:	1
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	11/20/2005
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Description

The strip Rick O'Shay began in 1958 when westerns were near the peak of their popularity. It began as a funny strip a la "Tumbleweeds" and quickly became a continuity strip during the week though it remained a gag strip (albeit with many gags recyled more than once) on Sundays.

It involved the adventures of Deputy Sheriff Rick O'Shay and his pal, the gunslinger with a heart of gold, Hipshot Percussion. The strip lasted almost exactly two decades in the capable hands of Stan Lynde who, for reasons I am not aware of, left the syndicate and was forced to leave the strip behind. Rick O'Shay went on briefly after that under another's pen.

Visually fascinating and entertaining, Rick O'Shay was the rare combination of a dramatic strip with the bright look of a funny strip. It was itself a bright spot at a time (the late 1950's and early 1960's) when ponderous dramatic strips and dumb ones (often literally dumb like Mr. Mum) dominated the funny papers.

This uncharacteristically romantic strip is from October 23, 1969 and shows Hipshot with his apparently Hispanic girlfriend. I do not know to what extent she was a continuing character.

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Germund von Wowern
Member Since 2005

Posted on 2/21/2006

So this is where this one went! I remember when I saw it for sale but don't know why I hesitated to get it at the last moment. Excellent inks, blacks and layout.

Alex Johnson
Member Since 2006
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Posted on 1/12/2014

I remember reading this strip years and years ago. Beautiful, heartfelt, and dramatic.

Robert Plunkett
Member Since 2003

Posted on 1/12/2014

Alex Johnson wrote:

I remember reading this strip years and years ago. Beautiful, heartfelt, and dramatic.

Yes, I don't know the context of this scene, but it is all you describe on its own.

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