Dick Calkins

Dick Calkins (1895 – 12. maj 1962), koji se često potpisaivao i kao Por. Dick Calkins (engleski: Lt. Dick Calkins) je bio američki strip crtač, poznat kao prvi od likovnih umjetnika koji je radio na popularnom stripu Buck Rogers, prvom u historiji science fiction žanra. Prije nego što je postao ilustrator, zanimao se za avijaciju te je u vrijeme prvog svjetskog rata služio kao pilot i instruktor u Zračnoj službi američke vojske.

Izabrana bibliogfrafija

• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Volume Three 1932-1934: The Complete Newspaper Dailies. Neshannock, Pa.: Hermes Press, 2010.
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Volume Two 1930-1932: The Complete Newspaper Dailies. Neshannock, Pa.: Hermes Press, 2009.
• Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. Volume One 1929-1930: The Complete Newspaper Dailies. Neshannock, Pa.: Hermes Press, 2009.
• Buck Rogers 25th century: Featuring Buddy and Allura in "Strange Adventures in the Spider Ship". Bedford, Mass.: Applewood Books, 1994.
• The Collected Works of Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. New York: Chelsea House, 1980.
• Buck Rogers, 25th century A.D. Ann Arbor, Mich.: E.M. Aprill, 1971.
• Buck Rogers and the Super-Dwarf of Space. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1943.
• Buck Rogers 25th century A.D. vs. the Fiend of Space. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1940.
• Skyroads with Clipper Williams of the Flying Legion. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1938.
• Skyroads with Hurricane Hawk. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1936.
• The Story of Buck Rogers on the Planetoid Eros. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1936.
• Buck Rogers in the City of Floating Globes. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1935.
• Buck Rogers 25th century A.D. and the Depth Men of Jupiter. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1935.
• Buck Rogers on the Moons of Saturn. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1934.
• Buck Rogers in the Dangerous Mission, With "Pop-Up" Picture. New York: Blue Ribbon Press, 1934.
• Buck Rogers in the City Below the Sea. Racine, Wisc.: Whitman, 1934.
• Uncle Bob's Story Book. Chicago: Jordan, 1926.

Izvori

• Dick Calkins na sajtu IMDb
• Daniels, Les. Comix: A History of Comic Books in America. New York: Outerbridge & Dienstfrey, 1971. Pp 6–7.
• "Dick Calkins, Cartoonist, Dead; Helped to Create Buck Rogers." New York Times, May 14, 1962, page 29.
• Inge, M. Thomas. Comics As Culture. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi, 1990. Page 9.