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Rick O'Shay Daily (1975-09-25) by Stan Lynde

Artist: Stan Lynde (All)

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Rick O'Shay Daily (1975-09-25) by Stan Lynde Comic Art

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Title:	Rick O'Shay Daily (1975-09-25) by Stan Lynde
Artist:	Stan Lynde (All)
Media Type:	Pen and Ink
Art Type:	Comic Strip
For Sale Status:	NFS
Views:	2,317
Likes on CAF:	1 2
Comments:	1
Added to Site:	12/21/2011
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Rick O'Shay was one of my favorite strips growing up. Especially, the ones post 1969 when the setting was changed to 1869 and a more realistic style was used. At that time, the art style also changed from cartoony to realistic.

I own only a few comic strips so saying that this is a favorite doesn't mean much, I've only bought ones that I really like. So, that begs the question, "Why this one?"

The obvious answer is that I'm a fan of Rick O'Shay as mentioned above, but that's insufficient because none of the main characters are featured. Instead, we see a father and daughter that were specifically created for this story line. So, while I wanted a Rick O'Shay strip, this clearly isn't a typical example. Therefore, this desire was only a minor consideration.

Another obvious answer is Stan's lovely drawing. This is a good example of that, but it's not definitively better than that in other pieces. So, that's part of the answer, but not a large part to select this particular strip.

The major reason was the story telling. Look at these few panels closely.

In the first panel, we see the young woman in the foreground in a submissive position to her apparently stalwart father.
In the second panel, we learn of the dilemma and see the father slumping with the news.
In the third, he falls to the back and shrinks more while turning to the bottle.
In the final panel, his hand shakes as he drinks and acknowledges that he isn't the man he used to be.

Good solid story telling and lovely art.

I found this on eBay for next to nothing and jumped on it.

I have two other Rick O'Shay pieces:

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Ron S
Member Since 2007

1 - Posted on 1/5/2019

This is an awesome strip! Lynde easily flipped back and forth between simple one strip gags, and much more serious themes.

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