Volume 10May 11, 1969

toOctober 31, 1970

FROM THE PUBLISHER . . . So…Volume 10! That’s right, we’ve reached the two-thirds mark and are beginning to head toward the home stretch.

Near the end of this volume, Mary Perkins On Stage enters the 70s. And like a lot of things that happened during the 70s - change is coming to On Stage. The first thing you’ll notice is that at some point during early 1970 the dimensions of the Sundays change a bit. According to Leonard some bigwig at the syndicate needed to find a job for a relative and gave this person the dubious task of reformatting On Stage Sundays. This involved cutting up the boards that Leonard sent in, trimming each panel as close to the borders as possible and reassembling them on a backing board, taking Leonard’s full-page format, and ending up with a half-page format.

Most of you who have been following the series from the beginning, know that I’ve been doing the same – with some degree of success. Thing is, whoever was doing the patchwork back then had the skills and dexterity of a 500-pound gorilla (and Photoshop was decades away). And despite the fact that Leonard tells me the overall dimensions of the panels did not change in the least, I had a hell of a time making them fit. My usual procedure was to take each Sunday’s digital scan and cut it up into separate panels – top1, top2, mid1, mid2, etc. Then I would reassemble them on the page and make any adjustments I felt necessary. Not always easy – but with the formatting of these books, a necessary evil.

Well…when I got to the, shall we say, butchered Sundays I had to make a decision – do I cut them up and reassemble as usual or leave them alone? – which was a chore in itself since the edges of the panels tended to throw a shadow when scanned, not to mention the excess glue, which shows up in scans as grey blotches. I went for leaving them alone, cleaning where I could, and straightening a panel or two, but leaving the overall size alone. You’ll see the result, starting on page 110. And don’t get alarmed if you see that an occasional page reverts back to the old format. For some unexplainable reason, the paste-up guy wasn’t persistent in the beginning, skipping a Sunday or two along the way. Perhaps he was busy admiring the art he was about to desecrate, or maybe he was out somewhere kicking a dog, stealing candy from children.

And please forgive us for the condition of the Sunday on page 152. We searched for months for a better copy than what we had – a poor photocopy of an equally poor Sunday clipping. At the last minute, Peter Vollman came through with a decent enough scan that I could work with, but it still ain’t near what it should be.

Charles Pelto, Classic Comics Press

EDITORIAL/DESIGNPublisher/Editor - Charles PeltoCompilation Editor - James GauthierCover Art - Leonard StarrCover Design - Charles Pelto/Dominic BugattoBook Design - Charles PeltoIntroduction © 2012 Al Milgrom

TABLE OF CONTENTSIntroduction by Al Milgrom ..................................... 4A Brief History of the Guthrie Theatre & Mary Perkins by Simon Jones ............................... 7On Stage: May 11, 1969 to October 31, 1970 ......... 8Coming in Volume Eleven .................................... 240

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSClassic Comics Press would like to thank Al Milgrom for this volume’s introduction. We’d also like to give a special thanks to Peter Vollman for the Sunday on page 152 (4/5/1970).

Volume 10May 11, 1969 to October 31, 1970

Leonard Starr’s Mary Perkins On Stage Volume Ten: May 11, 1969 to October 31, 1970. Published by Classic Comics Press Inc. – 406 Franklin Street, Unit 3D – River Forest, IL 60305. Editorial contents & design © 2012 Classic Comics Press Inc. Mary Perkins On Stage and On Stage © 2012 Tribune Media Services, Inc. No portion of this book may be reprinted or copied without the express consent of Classic Comics Press Inc. except for review purposes. Printed in USA by Thomson-Shore Inc. ISBN 9781-4675-1813-052495.

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Coming Soon from Classic Comics Press. . . .

The first volume of Rusty Riley by Frank Godwin is now in development with a scheduled release date of Fall/Winter 2012. Rusty Riley Volume One will reprint dailies from January 26, 1948 to January 29, 1949. Volume One will also include a biography on Frank Godwin, and a Frank Godwin gallery featuring illustrations from his long and productive career. For more information visit our website at www.classiccomicspress.com or write us at Classic Comics Press, Inc. - 406 Franklin Avenue, 3D - River Forest, IL 60305.

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