Latigo was a comic strip written and drawn by cartoonist Stan Lynde, who also created the Rick O'Shay comic strip. After a dispute over the ownership of Rick O'Shay with the Chicago Tribune Syndicate, Lynde left and went to Field Enterprises to launch Latigo.[1]
Latigo began on Sunday, June 24, 1979.[2] The daily strip ended on May 7, 1983, followed by the last Sunday strip a month later, on June 5.[2]
Characters and story
Set in the old West, it told the adventures of Cole Cantrell, aka "Two Trails". His father was a mountain man and his mother a Crow Indian. After serving in the Union Army during the Civil War, Latigo returned to the West and became a Federal marshal. Comics historian Don Markstein detailed the strip's background and characters: Template:Quote
Books, reprints, and spinoffs
The Latigo daily strips have all been reprinted in three volumes from Cottonwood Publishing.
Comics Revue is reprinting the Latigo Sunday strips in color, starting in issue #300 (April 2011).
Dean Owen, Western writer, wrote novels starring Latigo with Stan Lynde's permission. They were Latigo: Trackdown, Latigo #2: Vengeance Trail, and Latigo #3: Dead Shot. He also wrote Latigo #4: Double Eagle [Don't know if he had Lynde's permission, though]
References
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