Today I added another early Bodyguard Sunday by Lawrence Lariar and John Spranger. Spranger worked as Will Eisner's assistant for many years and it really shows. I had an almost complete run of the Sundays of this strip a year ago (including the later versions called Ben friday and The Bantam Prince by the same team) and put them in several posts. No one commented on them and they were not even visited a lot. Must have been a slow week. It represents one of the current problems of this blog - if I share unknown but beautiful material, chances are not many people will chance upon them. In this case, that is particulary sad, because Bodyguard is such a remarkable strip of very high quality. So please, hit any one of the loinks and take your time for an exciting read.
9 comments:
Wonderful stuff. I'm one of the few who has read all of your posts for this multi-named strip. Thank you!
Grazie per farci conoscere queste meraviglie.
Hai qualcosa di Marlin Keel di Geo Sheed ?
That is great work. Sometimes it takes a while for something to achieve critical mass. I'll be looking for earlier posts now.
Bryan, I have seen some Marlin Keel in black and white (on microfiche) but never came across color samples. For my taste it was too similar to Mark Trail, with not enough story there. I am interested to find more, since it has been said that A.C. Hollingsworth worked on it - although I never found any eveidence of that except for a try-out original. Thank for riminding me, I shall renew my efforts.
Been looking at the Bodyguard strips and have enjoyed them a lot. I have the Marlin Keel series posted in my facebook group.
Oh, great. I will have a look, Stefan. Maybe I should advertise your Patreon deal seperately.
Stefan, what's your Facebook group?
The Strip Collectors Swap Group.
Thank you! I'll give it a try.
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