CALKINS, Dick

CALKINS, Dick
   Working name of US COMIC-strip illustrator Richard T. Calkins (1895-1962), who was born in Grand Rapids and studied at the Art Institute in Chicago. In 1929 Philip NOWLAN scripted and DC illustrated BUCK ROGERS IN THE 25TH CENTURY, a comic strip based on Nowlan's "Armageddon: 2419 AD" (1928 AMZ) and "The Airlords of Han" (1929 AMZ), later published together as Armageddon - 2419 AD (1962). Though DC's style was stiff and amateurish by today's standards, the strip was extremely popular in the 1930s and 1940s. Its quality improved when Rick Yager joined him in some of the chores from the 1930s; Yager succeeded DC at his retirement in 1948. The artwork was never sophisticated, but DC's strong, simple lines were well suited to fast-paced narrative. A selection of Buck Rogers adventures has been reissued as The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (coll 1969; rev 1977) ed Robert C. Dille.
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   See also: ILLUSTRATION; RADIO.

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