Roy Crane is one of America's greatest cartoonists and Fantagraphics is embarking upon an ambitious reprinting of his best work, beginning with his gorgeous adventure strip--Captain Easy.
Crane created the first American adventure strip -- before Hal Foster's Tarzan and Prince Valiant, before Milton Caniff's Terry and the Pirates, before Alex Raymond's Flash Gordon--and quickly established himself as a master of the comic strip. Begun in 1924...