Reviews for Complete Terry and the Pirates, Volume 1: 1934-1936

The average rating for Complete Terry and the Pirates, Volume 1: 1934-1936 based on 2 reviews is 5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2014-04-09 00:00:00 Cara Rodriguez Milton Caniff had all invented. Opposed to the " ligne claire" of European comics, he developed a drawing with ink. His graphics influenced the majority of the young draughtsmen of comics, in particular Pratt. The line can be raw. The brush precedes the action. It gives a cinematographic dimensio. He dynamited the classical scenario by giving another dimension to the hero. In particular he gave a very important role to the Chinese interprets Georges Webster Confucius. Far from the caricature, he escapes to racist stereotype. Confucius plays the part of the chorus of the Greek tragedy while being by his ingenuity an engine of action. It is necessary to insist as on the main function as Caniff gives to the woman. They behave like men, even worse, while being siblimement beautiful (I love Dragon Lady, a true fatale woman. It is funny, merry, light and full of optimism. What else?

Review # 2 was written on 2009-01-26 00:00:00 Arch Hidy I have read volumes 1-4. I was too young to see these in the paper as a kid, but ran across them a while back and decided to give them a try. While the racism in them is unfortunate and of the time (1930s), the storytelling and artwork are truly groundbreaking. Caniff really knew how to entertain people, and he had strong female characters at a time when women were usually in the comics to be rescued, not taken seriously. He even hinted at a lesbian relationship in one storyline - interesting that it got past the censors at the time. One of the things I really liked about the comic strip was that it dealt with stuff that could really happen - no dinosaurs, no aliens - just bad guys (or gals), and, eventually, WWII.