- Tim Tyler's Luck
"Tim Tyler's Luck" was an adventure
comic strip created byLyman Young , older brother of "Blondie" creatorChic Young . The strip ran fromAugust 13 ,1928 until August1996 .Tim Tyler started in an
orphanage , but soon acquired an older sidekick named Spud and was having adventures around the world. Most of his adventures were set inAfrica .Young would employ many ghost artists on the strip, some of whom became famous and successful. The artists included
Alex Raymond ,Burne Hogarth ,Clark Haas ,Tony DiPreta , Nat Edson, and Tom Massey.In
1972 , Young's son Bob Young started working (and sharing credit) with his father on the strip, completely taking over after Lyman Young's death in1984 . The strip slowly petered out and was only carried in one paper when it was canceled in 1996.A 12-part
1937 movie serial starredFrankie Thomas as Tim Tyler.The title of the
Umberto Eco novel "The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana " (2004 ) is taken from the title of an Italian edition album of an episode of the strip.External links
* [http://www.toonopedia.com/timtyler.htm Toonopedia entry]
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