{"product_id":"meanwhile-a-biography-of-milton-caniff","title":"Meanwhile...: A Biography of Milton Caniff","description":"\u003ch1\u003eMeanwhile...: A Biography of Milton Caniff\u003c\/h1\u003eR C Harvey\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Fantagraphics Books\u003cbr\u003eJune 1 2007\u003cbr\u003eEAN: 9781560977827\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 1560977825\u003cbr\u003eSynopsis: \u003cp\u003eMilton Caniff was one of the most influential American cartoonists of the 20th century. He rose to prominence during World War II when he took the characters in his \u003cem\u003eTerry and the Pirates\u003c\/em\u003e strip into the war. The trenchant pragmatic patriotism of the strip warmed hearts and steeled nerves on the home front as well as the battlefront (one of his strips was read into the Congressional Record). He went on to create \u003cem\u003eSteve Canyon\u003c\/em\u003e, which was syndicated from 1947 to Caniff's death in 1988.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eMeanwhile...\u003c\/em\u003e traces Caniff's life from the cradle to the grave, examining the artistic innovations and work routines of a nationally distributed cartoonist whose career was central to the development of the art form, and marking the milestones in the development of the comic strip that Caniff established. Caniff reshaped the medium and set standards by which all storytelling strips were subsequently judged. He created many colorful characters, including the stalwart Pat Ryan from \u003cem\u003eTerry and the Pirates\u003c\/em\u003e, Burma the shady lady, and, most memorable of all, the Dragon Lady, a beautiful but mysteriously menacing pirate queen who turned Chinese patriot during the War. While \u003cem\u003eMeanwhile...\u003c\/em\u003e provides a biography of Caniff and analyzes his storytelling techniques, it also serves as a history of the medium and reveals the inner workings of the syndicate business (at which Caniff was as expert as he was at cartooning).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book charts Caniff's rise to fame and fortune, then recounts the decline of his strip \u003cem\u003eSteve Canyon\u003c\/em\u003e's popularity (whose protagonist served as an unofficial spokesman for the U.S. Air Force from the Korean War until the end of the strip in 1988) when the same brand of patriotism that had inspired admiration during World War II provoked protest during Vietnam, a bittersweet conclusion to a career spent producing a daily feature for 55 years, a record that would stand for a generation. A 2008 Eisner Award Nominee: Best Comics-Related Book; a 2008 Harvey Award Nominee: Best Biographical, Historical or Journalistic Presentation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"27th Letter Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67391045664813,"sku":"20502","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0673\/3588\/0749\/files\/original_2d2601bf-d7f1-4760-bcff-6940a72f7220.jpg?v=1787351024","url":"https:\/\/27thletterbooks.com\/products\/meanwhile-a-biography-of-milton-caniff","provider":"27th Letter Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}