Fighting Dragons On The Moon 1000 Years In The Future Epic!
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| Note the cover illustration is by Bill Everett, of Submariner fame. |
At 30 pages, this is probably the largest single story we've presented here. Just one more record for the girl who went from flapper Blondie in 1927 to first female aviator comic hero in 1929 to Buck Rogers in 1936.
Before we get started, note that this is a comic book reprint of a Sunday comic strip. Different page aspect ratios necessitate reworking the original layouts to the new format, and so these can look substantially different than the original newspaper strips. More than that, some dialogue can be dropped to make space. To illustrate the difference, here is the ink layouts for the Sunday version of the first page. Also note that she travels to 2936 here as opposed to 2941 in the modified comic book version.
Connie just does not slow down! The remainder of that final page was spent setting up the next tale - before they can even change clothes.
Connie by Frank Godwin from Famous Funnies #s 84-92 (1941, 1942)
reprinted from Connie Sunday strips (Ledger Syndicate)(1936)
This is all new to me. Thanks a bunch. Great stuff!
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She was new to me, too.
ReplyDeleteI hadn't heard of Connie before i started digging into Jet Dream, which led to Flyin' Jenny, which led to Connie. As is not infrequently the case, the blog posts have sort of followed along behind my explorations, sharing the finds.
The best part of being told to go away by the modern editors at Marvel & DC is these great old strips that i'd never have known existed if i hadn't been sent to explore the past for my entertainment.