(49) Rusty Riley by Frank Godwin from 1953 Near Complete Year

Loids, This is a lot of 49 Near Complete Year! Rusty Riley Sunday Pages by Frank Godwin. This was cut from the original newspaper Sunday/Saturday comics sections of 1953. Sizes : 3 Tabloids, 1 Half, 45 Thirds.

Paper : Some light tanning/wear, otherwise: Excellent! Check out my other auctions for more great vintage Comic strips and Paper Dolls. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Rusty Riley (March 29, 1959).

Rusty Riley was an American comic strip which ran from 1948 to 1959. It was created and drawn by Frank Godwin. With art by Godwin and scripts by Rod Reed, the first Rusty Riley daily appeared on January 26, 1948. The storyline follows the adventures of a redheaded orphan youth, Rusty Riley, who flees the orphanage with his faithful fox terrier, Flip. Of Kentucky, he is hired as a stable boy by wealthy racehorse owner Mr. Miles, owner of Milestone Farm. Encountering crooks and corruption as he grows up in the world of horse racing and horse breeders, Rusty's goal is to establish himself as a jockey. Rusty's girlfriend is Patty Miles, the daughter of his boss. Godwin made research trips to Lexington, Kentucky.

When he began drawing the strip, but complaints about the appearance of horses and farms led to a return visit, as described by comics historian Dave Karlen. Instead of ignoring these complaints, as some cartoonists might have done, Godwin made another trip to Lexington to visit his critics. For more than a week, he toured the central Kentucky horse farms, took pictures and made numerous sketches of the horses, fences, gates, barns, farm homes, horse cemeteries, country lanes, trees, and other references necessary to make his strip correct. He talked with the thoroughbred horsemen, standard-bred horsemen, saddle horsemen, racetrack officials and newspapermen to get all the information he needed.

He also took many pictures in and around the Keeneland and Lexington Trotting Tracks, which were a couple of the sites he later used frequently in his comic strip. Godwin was now ready to make his strip better than ever.

Frank Godwin's Rusty Riley (December 1, 1959). Began five months later, on June 27, with Godwin illustrating scripts written either by Reed's brother Harold.

Or Godwin's brother Harold. The strip was running in approximately 150 newspapers when Godwin died in 1959. At his home in New Hope, Pennsylvania.

Was an uncredited ghost artist. On the strip at some unspecified point. Reprinted Rusty Riley stories in the comic-book series Four Color. 1953, and #554 (April 1954). In 2013, Classic Comics Press.

Started a hardcover reprint series, with a reprint of dailies from 1948-49. I package items securely and wrap well. Most pages come in an Archival Sleeve with Acid Free Backing Board at no extra charge. If you are dissatisfied with an item.

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Format: Clipped Strips
Genre: Adventure Drama
Character: Rusty Riley
Product Type: Newspaper Comics
Age: Golden Age (1938-1955)
Artist: Frank Godwin
Writer: Frank Godwin