- Bronc Peeler
[
right|350px|thumb|Fred_HarmanNovember 4 , 1934]Bronc Peeler was an American fictional
cowboy created byFred Harman . Harman created the Western adventure comic strip in 1933. Harman is best known as the artist for theRed Ryder comics, which was created byStephen Slesinger .Harman was on a Colorado ranch when he decided to do a comic strip. He headed for Hollywood in the early 1930s, borrowed some money and began "Bronc Peeler", which he syndicated himself. The redheaded Bronc Peeler was a tough cowboy who fought bandits and rustlers with the help of his pal, Coyote Pete. "Bronc Peeler" introduced the Navaho youth,
Little Beaver , who continued as an important supporting character in "Red Ryder".For his Sunday half-page, Harman also drew Western lore into an extra panel, "On the Range".
In 1937, Whitman published a
Big Little Book , [http://rack1.ul.cs.cmu.edu/is/bronc/doc.scn?fr=0&rp=http%3A%2F%2Frack1.ul.cs.cmu.edu%2Fis%2Fbronc%2F&pg=1 "Bronc Peeler, the Lone Cowboy"] , and the strip was reprinted in "Popular Comics" until the early 1940s.Big Little Books began in 1932, published by the Whitman Publishing Company in Racine, Wisconsin.
Read
* [http://rack1.ul.cs.cmu.edu/is/bronc/doc.scn?fr=0&rp=http%3A%2F%2Frack1.ul.cs.cmu.edu%2Fis%2Fbronc%2F&pg=1 "Bronc Peeler The Lone Cowboy" (full text)]
Watch
* [http://www.harmanartmuseum.com/video.ram Video of Museum and Harman's studio]
External links
* [http://www.harmanartmuseum.com Fred Harman Western Art Museum]
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