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Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon, June 6, 1949

Artist: Milton Caniff (All)

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Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon, June 6, 1949 Comic Art

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Title:	Milton Caniff, Steve Canyon, June 6, 1949
Artist:	Milton Caniff (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	388
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	3
Added to Site:	7/13/2021
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Description

How big a deal was it when Milton Caniff left Terry and The Pirates to create Steve Canyon, a new comic strip that he would own exclusively?

It made the cover of Time Magazine.

Time, the most important news magazine in the world, also featured Gandhi, Princess Elizabeth, Eva Peron, The Shah of Iran and Jackie Robinson on its covers that year.

In the days when star cartoonists were pretty much rock stars (popular comics helped drive newspaper sales), �The Rembrandt of the Comic Strip� was now fully in charge of his own destiny.

It was indeed a big deal.

To this day, when you want to reprint Steve Canyon, or chose to produce some lovely retro Canyon merch., you make a deal with the Caniff estate directly.

Milt Caniff � one of the medium�s greatest creators � leaves behind a legacy of independence that hundreds, if not thousands, of cartoonists and storytellers embrace on an ongoing (and not at all risk-free) basis.

Happy Independence Day Month, indeed.

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Lee Harmon
Member Since 2020

Posted on 7/13/2021

I have to add a Caniff piece into my collection one day. (Enjoyed your write up.) He really was the greatest and most acclaimed of his time.

Terrific artwork. Congratuations!

Aaron N.
Member Since 2009

Posted on 7/13/2021

Marvelous background work in this strip, to accompany the gentle humor. Very nice indeed.

Jeff Singh
Member Since 2004

Posted on 7/14/2021

Fun strip. Caniff was so good at teen drama and here we find broken-hearted Reed. I really admire that first panel.

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