Series Tag: Comic Detective
Detective-themed comics fanzine by Bart Bush. Contents include: interview with Alfred Andriola with "Kerry Drake" artwork; "Comic Strip Taboos" by Andriola (originally delivered as a speech at the First International Comics Exhibition in 1965); lots of Charlie Chan strips; a selection of Kerry Drake Christmas strips; more.
Offset, newsprint, saddle-stitched.
This issue's focus is Dick Tracy. Contents include: interview with Chester Gould; article on Dick Tracy villains; a Kerry Drake index; a Dell Dick Tracy Four-Color index; two sample strips from 1935 featuring a black woman who was redrawn/replaced by a white woman within days; 1931 Dick Tracy strips; letters (Max Allan Collins, Alex Toth, Steve Englehart, others); more.
Characters in fan art include: Dick Tracy, Two-Face, Haf-and-Haf, Sherlock Holmes, Charlie Chan
Offset, saddle-stitched.
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