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''Steve Canyon'' was a long-running American adventure comic strip by writer-artist Milton Caniff. Launched shortly after Caniff retired from his previous strip, ''Terry and the Pirates'', ''Steve Canyon'' ran from January 13, 1947 until June 4, 1988, shortly after Caniff's death. Caniff won the Reuben Award for the strip in 1971. ==History== By 1946, Caniff had developed a worldwide reputation for his syndicated ''Terry and the Pirates''. However, the rights for the strip he had created, written and drawn (for ''Chicago Tribune'' newspaper syndicate editor Captain Joseph Patterson), were entirely owned by the syndicate. Seeking creative control, Caniff negotiated with Field Enterprises for a new strip on which he could retain ownership.〔(Holtz, Allan. "Obscurity of the Day: Hit or Miss", April 13, 2010. )〕 The last Caniff episode of ''Terry and the Pirates'' appeared in December 1946, and then George Wunder took over the strip. Caniff's new strip, ''Steve Canyon'', debuted in 168 newspapers. Many strip creators before and since employ uncredited assistants or ghost artists, and Caniff was no exception. In 1952, he hired comic book artist Dick Rockwell (nephew of famed illustrator Norman Rockwell) as his assistant. While Caniff scripted and drew the main characters, Rockwell penciled and inked secondary characters and backgrounds. Rockwell continued on ''Canyon'' until Caniff's death on May 3, 1988. The last syndicated ''Steve Canyon'' strip was a tribute to Caniff in two panels, one drawn by cartoonist Bill Mauldin, the other containing the signatures of 78 fellow cartoonists. On June 23, 1997, an authorized 50th anniversary ''Steve Canyon'' strip was published by the ''Air Force Times'', a civilian weekly newspaper covering the United States Air Force. ''Steve Canyon'' and the U.S. Air Force having been created the same year, the shared anniversary was celebrated with ''Steve Canyon'' appearing as part of a 96-page insert, ''The First Fifty Years: U.S. Air Force 1947-1997''. Drawn in the style of a Sunday strip, the story and art for this commemorative were provided by Air Force Master Sergeant Russ Maheras, with coloring by Carl Gafford. On Monday, September 24, 2007, ''Air Force Times'' published a 60th anniversary ''Steve Canyon'' strip by Maheras. The color, Sunday-style strip depicts Brigadier General Steve Canyon in Afghanistan, investigating Taliban activity.〔(MilitaryTimes.com: ''Steve Canyon'' 60th-anniversary commemorative comic strip )〕 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「Steve Canyon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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