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Lane & Bond Cartoons

An inventory of the cartoons at Syracuse University

Overview of the Collection

Creator: Lane, John
Title: Lane & Bond Cartoons
Inclusive Dates: 1966
Quantity: 2.5 linear ft.
Abstract: 41 original Sunday cartoons from the comic strip The Good Guys.
Language: English
Repository: Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries
222 Waverly Avenue
Syracuse, NY 13244-2010
https://library.syracuse.edu/special-collections-research-center

Biographical History

Artist John Lane and writer J. Harvey Bond worked on The Good Guys, a revamped version of the Vic Flint detective strip, from 1965 to 1967.

Originally a run-of-the-mill detective strip, Vic Flint first appeared in 1946 with art by Ralph Lane (John Lane's father) and stories by a host of writers working under the pseudonym Michael O'Malley. Ralph Lane left the strip in 1950 and was succeeded by various artists including Dean Miller and Art Sansom. In an effort to combat flagging sales, the NEA vastly revamped the strip, transforming it into a gag strip and renaming it The Good Guys in 1965. The strip ceased publication in 1967.

J. Harvey Bond (1904-1971), a pseudonym for writer Russ Winterbotham, penned a number of pulp crime novels in the 1950s and 1960s, including Murder Isn't Funny (1958), Kill Me With Kindness (1959) and If Wishes Were Hearses (1961). Winterbotham also published many western and science fiction titles under his own name.

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Scope and Contents of the Collection

The Lane & Bond Cartoons collection contains 41 original Sunday cartoons from the comic strip The Good Guys (1966). Sunday cartoon: traces of graphite, opaque white, brush, pen and ink on illustration board, approx. 19 x 25 in.

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Arrangement of the Collection

Cartoons are in chronological order.

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Restrictions

Access Restrictions

The majority of our archival and manuscript collections are housed offsite and require advanced notice for retrieval. Researchers are encouraged to contact us in advance concerning the collection material they wish to access for their research.

Use Restrictions

Written permission must be obtained from SCRC and all relevant rights holders before publishing quotations, excerpts or images from any materials in this collection.

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Related Material

Special Collections Research Center has collections of over one hundred cartoonists. Please refer to the SCRC Subject Index for a complete listing.

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Subject Headings

Persons

Bond, J. Harvey, 1904-1971.
Lane, John.
Winterbotham, R. R. (Russell Robert), 1904-1971.

Corporate Bodies

Newspaper Enterprise Association.

Associated Titles

Good Guys (comic strip)
Vic Flint (comic strip)

Subjects

American wit and humor, Pictorial.
Caricatures and cartoons -- United States.
Cartoonists -- United States.
Comic books, strips, etc. -- United States.

Genres and Forms

Cartoons (humorous images)

Occupations

Cartoonists.

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Preferred citation for this material is as follows:

Lane & Bond Cartoons,
Special Collections Research Center,
Syracuse University Libraries

Finding Aid Information

Created by: MD
Date: 10 Dec 2008
Revision history: 10 Dec 2008 - converted to EAD (MD); 12 Mar 2009 - revised (MD)

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Inventory

The Good Guys comic strip (41)
Click here for detailed inventory.
Box 1 1966 Sunday cartoons

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