Comments on: Modernized Steve Canyon coming on Monday

By: Russ Maheras

Russ Maheras — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 20:26:16 +0000

Well, from one Chicagoan to another, thanks, Mike!

By: Mike Gold

Mike Gold — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:14:23 +0000

Hey, Russ! Great job — glad to see Steve back and in such capable hands.

By: Garey Mckee

Garey Mckee — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:34:12 +0000

Ok, don’t know where the rest of my post went. Yes that exclamation point was intentional. I just wanted to say Kudos on your oustanding work. I just assumed the use of the exclamation points were to denote talking over the noise of the aircraft’s engines, but you raise an interesting point about the convention of their use in earier work.

By: Garey Mckee

Garey Mckee — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 20:32:31 +0000

Hi Russ!

By: Russ Maheras

Russ Maheras — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 16:45:38 +0000

Jay wrote: “Wow, thatâ€™s a lot of exclamation points.”

You forgot the exclamation point!

I intentionally used all exclamation points in the strip is because I wanted a retro feel, and all exclamation points were standard in the 1950s for not only the Steve Canyon strip, but other strips and most comic books as well.

Back then, there may have been multiple reasons for the “all exclamation point” convention. For example, when strips were reduced and reproduced on newsprint (particularly in newspapers), a period may drop off or be harder to see than an exclamation point. In addition, using exclamation points may have made the strips and comics seem more exciting!!! Know what I mean???!!!!!!!

;)

By: Alan Gardner

Alan Gardner — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:30:59 +0000

Thanks for the links D.D.Degg!

By: D.D.Degg

D.D.Degg — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 23:24:02 +0000

The entire 60th Anniversary strip is up at airforcetimes.com:
http://www.militarytimes.com/static/projects/pages/stevecanyon60th.pdf

There is also an article about Caniff and other goodies at
http://www.airforcetimes.com/entertainment/books/airforce_stevecanyon_070924w/

By: Rich Diesslin

Rich Diesslin — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 19:11:32 +0000

Garey – LOL! Yes, let’s hope so!

By: Garey Mckee

Garey Mckee — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 17:24:45 +0000

Maybe Steve Canyon can rescue Lars Vilks from the clutches of the Taliban.

By: Randall

Randall — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 16:55:36 +0000

I really don’t need a new Steve Canyon when the old strips are so great. Thank you, Maximus, for publishing it! Now, please, KEEP THE OLD STRIP GOING! Does anyone really think the Taliban is going to be as much fun as Madame Lynx?