Yager Meister

Tuesday Comic Strip Day.

I have scanned a few more Orvy Sundays. This early sixties strip by long time Buck Rogers artist Rick Yager has been met with a lot of positive response. I have gathered every episode I have shown sofar to ad to the new ones. There will be a couple more, which I will add as soon as I hae scanned them. Funny enough, most of my samples are from 1960, while the strip seems to have run into May 1962. Allan Holtz devoted a piece to it on the Stripper's Guide and gives the dates as January 3 1960 to January 21 1962 in a very short list of papers. But the May 6 date fits with 1962 and as far as I can see the copyright date is 1962 as well. Anyway, I have taken Allan's Scans as well and added them to this set.

Here is the black and white May 1962 Sunday. Unfortunately I did not make a note of the paper.

The Custer story is from a Britsh reprint and I don't know where it would fit.

Morvy

Saturday Leftover Day.

After sharing some samples from Rick Yager's early sixties strip Orby last week, I found a couple more, along with an appearance in black and white from the British Kid's weekly Knock-out from 1962. Since Orvy was a Sunday only strip, these must be recut Sunday strips. I have added them to the previous post, which you'll find with the link.

The Orv Stuff

Tuesday Comic Strip Day.

I don't really care for Rick Yager's Buck rogers. I think his style is messy and doesn't have a science fiction feel. He was much more at his place when he started the Sunday only kid's strip Orvy. like many comics strip kids before him, he traveled to different (or often imiginary) places to live the sort of adventures kids dream about. Yager started the strip to get out under his Buck Rogers contract and as far as I know the succes of the strip was scuttled by the bad syndication. With fantasy and even parody an element of the strip, his often fancyfull style was much more at it's place and thhrough the years I have strated to like the strip - at least enough to scan whatI have and clip a black and white one every now and then.

And some more I found: