{"product_id":"wes-slade-deputy-us-marshal","title":"WES SLADE DEPUTY US MARSHAL","description":"\u003cp\u003eRegarded by comic aficionados as the finest western strip ever published, \u003cem\u003eWes Slade\u003c\/em\u003e ran from 1961 until 1981. Written and drawn by \u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Stokes\u003c\/strong\u003e, the artwork is very special. All the stories show a fresh and authentic treatment of the role of the Native Americans in the West. Presented here are \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e10 never-before reprinted tales\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e of \u003cem\u003eWes Slade\u003c\/em\u003e written and drawn by Stokes between 1962 and 1974 and \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eall\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003escanned directly from the original artwork\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e held in the \u003cem\u003eExpress\u003c\/em\u003e newspaper archives. Not only does it portray the plight of the various tribes at the hands of the encroaching white settlers, it does so with some of the most accomplished Western artwork ever to grace a newspaper on both sides of the Atlantic.\n\n\u003cstrong\u003eGeorge Stokes\u003c\/strong\u003e was born in 1934, the son of a British officer serving in the Indian Army. He returned to England in 1948, completed his education and became a commercial artist. Travels in Canada and the USA deepened his interest in the West and in 1960 he jumped at the opportunity to draw a newly created western strip for the \u003cem\u003eSunday Express\u003c\/em\u003e: \u003cem\u003eWes Slade\u003c\/em\u003e.\n\nHe drew \u003cem\u003eWes Slade\u003c\/em\u003e weekly for the next 20 years until his untimely death at 47 in 1981. \"We are very pleased to be able to offer this supreme collection of Western stories and artwork with the very finest reproduction from the original artwork.\"\n\nHandsome square oversized hardcover reproducing three daily strips per page, in nice large size.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"vendor-unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59643855798558,"sku":"WESSH","price":49.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/0684\/7006\/files\/wessh-wes-slade-deputy-us-marshal-book.jpg?v=1784520678","url":"https:\/\/shop.budsartbooks.com\/products\/wes-slade-deputy-us-marshal","provider":"Bud's Art Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}