| Skyroads | |
|---|---|
&sq=Qlik&lang=&file=File:Skyroadsbook.jpg) Skyroads Better Little Book | |
| Author(s) | Lester J. Maitland (1929–1930) Dick Calkins (1930-1935)[1] |
| Illustrator(s) | Dick Calkins (1929–1930) Zack Mosely (1930-1932) Russell Keaton (1932–1939) "Leon Gordon" (Leonard Dworkins) (1939–1942)[1] |
| Current status/schedule | Concluded Daily strip |
| Launch date | May 20, 1929 |
| End date | 1942 |
| Alternate name(s) | Clipper Williams on Courage Island (1937–1938) |
| Syndicate(s) | John F. Dille Co. |
| Publisher(s) | Whitman Publishing Company |
| Genre(s) | aviation |
Skyroads, a serialized aviation-based comic strip, was published from May 20, 1929, to 1942.[1]
After Charles Lindbergh's crossing of the Atlantic Ocean, aviation became the focus of several comic strips. Tailspin Tommy (debuting in 1928) was the first, but it was soon followed by others, including Skyroads.[2][3]
Skyroads was created by aviation pioneer Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Dick Calkins, an ex-Army Air Service pilot who was already drawing the Buck Rogers comic strip. Like Buck Rogers, it was syndicated by the John F. Dille Co. (later known as the National Newspaper Syndicate). Maitland and Calkins continued to collaborate on Skyroads until 1933, when Calkins' assistant, Russell Keaton, took over the writing and artwork. Keaton remained until 1939, when it was taken over by Leonard Dworkins (using the pseudonym "Leon Gordon").[2]
- ^ a b c Holtz, Allan (2012). American Newspaper Comics: An Encyclopedic Reference Guide. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press. pp. 354–355. ISBN 9780472117567.
- ^ a b Skyroads at Don Markstein's Toonopedia Archived from the original on June 4, 2017.
- ^ 18 months of Sky Roads strips