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Burma Print with added Original art by Milton Caniff 1943

Artist: Milton Caniff (All)

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Burma Print with added Original art by Milton Caniff 1943 Comic Art

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Terry and the Pirates with Burma - Special Military Edition

Male Call with Miss Lace from my collection

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Title:	Burma Print with added Original art by Milton Caniff 1943
Artist:	Milton Caniff (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Remarked Item
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	195
Likes on CAF:	5 6
Comments:	4
Added to Site:	8/2/2024
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Description

Here is something really fun. The center of this is a hand colored print of Burma that I have multiple copies of. Everything else is original art including two planes in the background which are also hand colored. All the text on the piece is original too and the pasted on copyright note indicates that this would have likely been published as we see it. I have seen a few similar pieces with different backgrounds over the years in specialty journals including military ones. This might have been part of a yearbook for the graduating class of 43-14 San Angelo Bombardier School. Caniff was a big supporter of the US troops in all the wars he was alive for but especially World War II.

Most of the ones I have seen before like this have been with Miss Lace in support of the troops. A bit of background on the Male Call strip which Miss Lace was featured in and that was done specifically for the military. To help in the war effort Caniff produced a racier version of Terry and the Pirates for the army. This featured Burma in some pretty spectacular dailies. These started in late 1942 and when some of the domestic syndicates complained that they were paying for Terry and the Pirates and the military was getting them for free, the strip abruptly changed names to Male Call and Miss Lace was introduced after only 4 short months. This change happened in early 1943 so this one dated 1943 was probably still associated with the earlier version and Miss Lace had not become popular yet. In the extra images is an example of the the Military version of Terry with Burma as well as my example of Male Call and a few other examples of remarked prints.

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John Voytek
Member Since 2008

1 - Posted on 8/3/2024

Love it Jeff! More comics history to enhance your already mind-boggling Caniff collection!

Marcus Wai
Member Since 2005

1 - Posted on 8/3/2024

Very cool vintage art to support the war effort if only in morale as only cartoonists could during that time!

Ron S
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 8/5/2024

Just fantastic. Caniff put so much time into the details of plane even though it's simply a background element to Burma.

Matt Dicke
Member Since 2006

1 - Posted on 8/7/2024

Just when I think you have found all the golden nuggest of Caniff art out there you unearth yet another treasure. Nice find, now I want to go through your print collection and see all the variations!

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