RICK O'SHAY--Stan Lynde Comic Strips

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Rocky Road

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In this same forum, RAE posted about a Rex Morgan comic strip showing possession of a pistol in a positive light. This got me to thinking about other such comics.

PLEASE HELP ME FIND A COUPLE OF OLD COMIC STRIPS----

This is a partial re-post. Please bear with me.

--Do any comix afficionados hereabouts have any idea about the Stan Lynde strips--where I can find a compendium of preferably both, RICK O'SHAY and LAREDO?

For those not familiar, title character Rick is marshal of Coniption. (Colorado? Montana? Too many beautiful mountain vistas to be my beloved Texas.) Rick's girl friend is Gaye Abandon, best friend is gunslinger Hipshot Percussion, juvenile sidekick is Quayatt Burpp. Mr. Lynde (Lynd?) is/was much the firearms enthusiast--ALL the guns were exactly correct, especially after late 60s/early 70s, when cartoonist announced that the strip would be set exactly 100 years before present date. I still recall in 1973, when Hipshot retired his brace of 1851 Colt Navy revolvers and showed his new pair of Single Action Armies. He said, "Blessed are The Peacemakers."

A lot of good, basic, theology mixed in with western history and humor. And a bit of pragmatism. When Hipshot is ambushed and at death's door, Rick drops his badge on the mayor's desk and leaves town, on a hunting trip . . . .

If anyone can tell me where to find archives of these strips, I'd be very grateful. And, I believe anyone who reads or posts on TFL would really enjoy the strips as well.

Thanks in advance--
RR

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Ottergal wrote---
RR....Think you're gonna like this!!!!!! http://www.oldmontana.com/
Enjoy!

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Right you are, Gal!

Reminds me of the old saw, "Be careful what you ask for, you may get it."
Well, I asked for it, and I got it, and it's going to cost me a lot of money! Obviously I was hoping to find a bunch of old strips that had been scanned in, like the current comic strips. But this way, I'll eventually have a nice collection of hard copies in, hopefully, really good color.

I appreciate the link. Were you already familiar wih Mr. Lynde's work, or did you just do a little free research?

In any case, thanks very much.
RR

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Also, I stand corrected. The later stip was called LATIGO, not LAREDO.

Thanks again.
RR

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[This message has been edited by Rocky Road (edited July 15, 2000).]
 
I used to collect Rick O'Shay comic strips from the Sunday papers back then; still have them pressed in book pages. I lived in Billings in '68-69 and met Stan Lynde briefly through a fetching young lady (not Gaye). He actually had a '51 Navy at the time so I donated some extra .36 round balls to the cause. Maybe Hipshot used them for all I know.

Memories.

Great strip with great messages.

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RR...glad to have helped! :D

No, I wasn't familiar with Lynde's work (I was a little too young then to care for much more than Peanuts and Heathcliff) so I just went to Dogpile and did a search! When I got that link I figured I would send it on! I bookmarked the site so I can get familiar with Mr. Lynde's work.

RAE...Google was gonna be my next choice but when I found that link and saw that they had books for sale I quit looking!!!
 
Well,Pards http://www.amazon.com has Stan's books in stock. I bought 'em there.

The only strips that were pretty ad were the ones where some of the mdern day slipped in. I think Stan was trying to add more humor where it was not needed. Heck, the names of the characters were funny enough.

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"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"
 
I especially liked the one (a Sunday paper strip) where the boy was out hunting and shot an elk ("BaaRaang!" was the gun sound depicted) with what looked like a big Sharps. He started crying over what he had done, that he caused loss of a beautiful animal, even if it was going to be put to good use. One of the adult characters with him then said "Hope you always feel that way, son." That strip was one of the best ever.

I've shot a few deer and other game, and that thought stays with me. I always feel the loss when I take game.

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God and soldiers, we adore
In times of danger, not before
With the danger safely righted
God is forgotten, and soldiers slighted

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<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by B24H:
I especially liked the one (a Sunday paper strip) where the boy was out hunting and shot an elk ("BaaRaang!" was the gun sound depicted) with what looked like a big Sharps. He started crying over what he had done, that he caused loss of a beautiful animal, even if it was going to be put to good use. One of the adult characters with him then said "Hope you always feel that way, son." That strip was one of the best ever.

I've shot a few deer and other game, and that thought stays with me. I always feel the loss when I take game.
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God and soldiers, we adore
In times of danger, not before
With the danger safely righted
God is forgotten, and soldiers slighted
 
To all who replied--
Thanks for the assistance and interest.

I've learned about some things I hadn't known about previously.

Best regards to all--
RR

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Thanks for the information in this thread. Rick O'Shay was one of my all time favorites. Really got to me when Hipshot went out into the big country around Easter and Christmas to hold a conversation with "the Boss".

Lots of good insight and good feelings in this strip. Wish 90% of the commercial silliness currently in the comics would go away somewhere to be replaced by Rich O'Shay quality strips.

[This message has been edited by Guy B. Meredith (edited July 17, 2000).]
 
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