A little while ago I picked up a years worth of Australasian Past strips clipping from the Australasian Post magazine over 1985 and 1986. I’m not sure of the complete duration of the strip but presume a year or two as I’ve not seen it in issues from the late eighties. I recall a discussion online about the strip and artist R. Barrington but now I can’t find it because I’m useless. Here’s three pages of finely drafted black and white artwork.
Adventures of Tightrope Tim - R. E. Hicks
Reg E Hicks' Adventures of Tightrope Tim strip ran in the Sunbeams supplement from 1941 to 1949 and to the best of my knowledge was one of the strips that carried through the paper shortage years when the supplement was reduced to a single folded piece of paper. Along with a handful of other Australian strips Tim’s adventures continued for a few years after World War Two. I’d love an enterprising publisher to scan the entire run and publish a book for me and the other three Hicks fans out there.
