Few comedian strips can rival the longevity and affect of Chester Gould’s Dick Tracy. Clover Press is looking for to do justice to that legacy by releasing a brand new collection of hardcovers that reprint the early years of the Dick Tracy strip.
With Clover Press’ Dick Tracy crowdfunding marketing campaign now dwell, IGN can solely debut cowl artwork and a few of the lithograph artwork prints featured within the marketing campaign. Verify them out within the slideshow gallery beneath:
The crowdfunding marketing campaign contains 4 deluxe hardcovers, gathering everything of the years 1941-1944. The hardcovers characteristic new art work by Jerry Ordway, Stewart Kenneth Moore, J.Ok. Snyder III, and Juan Jose Ryp, together with slipcase art work by Moore and David Mack. Every hardcover measures 11″ x 8.5″.
Backers will obtain all 4 hardcovers directly. The marketing campaign contains numerous non-compulsory extras like stickers, a lithograph of Gould’s Life Journal art work, and a “Dick Tracy Case Information” buying and selling card set. Moreover, those that pledge inside the first 48 hours will obtain an unique bookmark with artwork by Mack.
“Mixing outlandish characters and humor with hard-boiled noir crime, Dick Tracy has delighted followers for years,” stated Clover Press Writer Hank Kanalz in a press release. “Creator Chester Gould wrote and drew the day by day strip till 1977, crafting the world of Dick Tracy and creating many iconic supporting characters like Mumbles, The Mole, Flattop, and Tess Trueheart that make Tracy the beloved character he’s at the moment. The brand new Clover Press editions acquire the seminal strips that initially ran from 1941 to 1944.”
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