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''Garth'' was a comic strip in the British newspaper ''Daily Mirror'' from July 24, 1943, to March 22, 1997. The strip belonged to the action-adventure genre and recounted the exploits of the title character, an immensely strong hero who battled various villains throughout the world and many different chronological eras. ''Garth'' was widely syndicated throughout English-speaking countries during its long run. The 1960s Australian fast bowler Garth McKenzie was nicknamed after the comic strip hero. ==Publication history== Steve Dowling and Gordon Boshell were the originators of the Garth character, and at the time, took on 15-year-old John Allard, who stayed with the strip for its entire lifetime. After 59 adventures Dowling retired and handed ''Garth'' over to Allard, which he carried on until 1971 when Eagle comics' Dan Dare artist, Frank Bellamy, took over the art with Allard writing the scripts. ''Garth's'' longevity had been established by Don Freeman, who created almost every basic ''Garth'' plot on which the saga was built. Peter O'Donnell, Jim Edgar and Angus Allan also wrote extensively for the strip during its decades-long existence. Philip Harbottle is a leading ''Garth'' expert and collector of the strips, and he wrote several of the stories during the 1990s. Martin Asbury became ''Garth's'' artist after Frank Bellamy's death in 1976, drawing the strip and writing many of the stories until its final episode in 1997. In 1993, Bill Storrie produced perhaps a dozen or so 60-page photocopied magazines titled ''The Gopherville Argus Special Edition No. 1 featuring Garth'' as a tribute to the writers and artists who had been involved with the strip. Most if not all ''Garth'' strips are now owned by Mirror. As of Wednesday 13 August 2008, "Garth" has reappeared on the website of the ''Daily Mirror'', drawn by the artist Huw J. Davies.〔(The Return of Garth ), interview with Huw J by John Freeman, Down The Tubes, August 31 2008〕 It started a run of reprints in the ''Daily Mirror'' in the issue dated Monday 21 February 2011. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Garth (comic strip)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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