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''Quincy'' is an American syndicated newspaper comic strip published from 1970 to 1986, created and produced by cartoonist Ted Shearer. The series, about an African-American boy being raised by his grandmother in Harlem, was one of the earliest mainstream comic strips to star an African American in the lead role, following ''Dateline: Danger!'' (1968-1974) and ''Luther'' (1969-1986). Another predecessor, ''Wee Pals'' (1965- ), features an African-American among an ensemble cast of different races and ethnicities. ==Publication history== The comic strip ''Quincy'', starring a 9- 〔See illustration: ''Quincy'' daily strip of March 8, 1971〕 or 10-year-old〔 African-American title character being raised by his grandmother in Manhattan's Harlem neighborhood, debuted on June 13 or June 17,〔 1970 (sources differ), syndicated to newspapers by King Features Syndicate.〔Crouch, Bill Jr., in 〕 Creator Ted Shearer, born in Jamaica, himself grew up in Harlem, although by the time he created ''Quincy'' he was living in Westchester County, immediately north of New York City.〔 Upon launching the comic strip, Shearer left his 15-year position as an art director at the large advertising agency BBDO.〔〔 Shearer had previously sold single-panel gag cartoons to King Features' ''Laff-a-Day'' feature. After a chance commuter-train meeting with King Features artist Bill Gilmartin, where Shearer showed some of his work and noted that his cartoons had been published in ''The Saturday Evening Post'', ''Collier's'' and other magazines, an impressed Gilmartin brought Shearer's work to wider attention at the syndicate.〔 The strip ended in 1986, upon Shearer's retirement.〔 Quincy appeared in at least a half-dozen comic-book stories, most of them written and drawn by Shearer.〔(Ted Shearer ) at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on March 21, 2015.〕 These appeared in three comics: King Features' school-distributed ''King Reading Library'' #R-01 (1973), the premiere of a series that took previously published content and rewrote it in simpler language for young readers or those with limited reading skills;〔(King Reading Library ) at the Grand Comics Database. Retrieved on March 21, 2015.〕 King Features' free, promotional one-shot ''Let's Read the Newspaper'' (1974); and King Features' and General Electric's free, educational one-shot ''Quincy Looks Into His Future''.〔 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「Quincy (comic strip)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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