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Jim Hardy (comic Strip)
Jim Hardy is a 1936-1942 American adventure comic strip written and drawn by Dick Moores and distributed by United Features Syndicate. It was Moores' first solo comic strip work, before he gained renown for his work on ''Gasoline Alley''. The strip told the story of Jim Hardy, a down-on-his-luck "man against the world". In 1940, the strip refocused on a secondary character, Windy, and his horse Paddles. Jim Hardy's last appearance in the strip was on December 16, 1940; the strip was retitled ''Windy and Paddles'' in 1941. History Moores worked as Chester Gould's assistant on the popular ''Dick Tracy'' crime adventure strip from April 1932 to January 1936. During this time, Moores worked on ideas for strips of his own, sending many submissions to syndicates. According to his own estimation, he "wrestled out maybe twenty-five or thirty ideas for comic strips, mostly about pirates." None of them were accepted. In 1936, Moores managed to sell a strip called ''Jim Conley, Ex-Convict ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dick Moores
Richard Arnold Moores (December 12, 1909 – April 22, 1986) was an American cartoonist whose best known work was the comic strip '' Gasoline Alley'', which he worked on for nearly three decades. Biography Moores was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on December 12, 1909. After graduating from high school in Fort Wayne, Indiana, he attended Fort Wayne Art School. He also received a year of training at the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts before spending five years working for Chester Gould on ''Dick Tracy''. While working for Gould in Chicago, he met and married Gretchen, a musician. He met Frank King while in Chicago, sharing a studio with him while drawing his own strip, ''Jim Hardy'', from 1936 to 1942. The strip, distributed by United Features Syndicate, was about a young man, down on his luck. It was never a success, and in its later years, pivoted to focus on a cowboy supporting character, Windy, and his horse Paddles. The title character left the strip in 1940, and it was retit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |