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Redeye is a comic strip created by cartoonist Gordon Bess that first appeared on September 11, 1967 and ended on July 13, 2008. Gordon Bess authored the strip from 1967 until 1988, when he was forced by illness to pass it on to Bill Yates (writing) and Mel Casson (artwork). Mel Casson took over both roles in 1999 when Bill Yates became too ill to write, and continued the comic strip alone from 1999 until his own death in May 2008. Casson was not replaced, and publication ended as submitted material ran out. The comic was syndicated by King Features Syndicate to more than 100 newspapers, and has been republished in paperback format.

Redeye was especially popular in Europe, where it appeared in Tintin magazine between 1969 and 1990^[1] and received the 1976 Best Foreign Comic Book Award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival.

Redeye is a comic about a tribe of Native Americans during the 19th century, portraying the Indians in a similar way as what Hägar the Horrible did with the Vikings. It has also been compared to Tumbleweeds.

Main characters

• Redeye is the overweight chief of the Chickiepan tribe
• Tanglefoot, a cowardly and stupid warrior who is in love with Redeye's daughter
• Mawsquaw, a bossy, very overweight wife who is a terrible cook
• Tawnee, Redeye's beautiful daughter
• Pokey, Redeye's younger son, a practical joker
• a medicine man who is only interested in playing golf and seducing the nurse
• Jerkymiah, an extremely dirty bearded trapper
• and some talking animals, including Loco, Redeye's steed

Publications

From 1968 on, Redeye paperback collections were published by Saalfield Publishing.

Translations

• Danish: Rødøje, some comic books by Carlsen Verlag^[2]
• Dutch: Roodvoet het Indiaantje in the Flemish newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws in 1968,^[3] and Roodoog in Kuifje, the Dutch translation of Tintin, and in 9 comic books between 1972 and 1985^[4]
• Finnish: Punasulka, few comic books starting from 1976^[5]
• French: La tribu terrible, in Tintin magazine from 1969 until 1990
• German,: Feuerauge, 2 comic books in 1973, and Häuptling Feuerauge, in Zack magazine between 1974 and 1980:^[6] also the subject of a radio drama in 1977^[7]
• Italian: La tribù terribile, in the magazine Corriere dei Ragazzi in 1974^[8]
• Norwegian: Rødøye, secondary recurring strip in Billy (Beetle Bailey magazine), from 1976^[9]
• Portuguese: Olho Vermelho in a comic book in 1971, and Touro Sentado, in Gibi magazine in 1974 in Brazil^[10][11]
• Spanish: Ojo Rojo in the magazine El Cuco^[12]
• Swedish: Rödöga, 1 comic book in 1979 with Semic Press^[3], 4 comic books in 1990 by Carlsen^[13]

Notes

1. ^ (French) BDOubliées list of Redeye in TIntin
2. ^ Danish fan page
3. ^ ^{a b} Michigan State University Libraries Comic Art Collection
4. ^ Bibliography at Zilveren Dolfijn
5. ^ Finnish comics
6. ^ German comic guide
7. ^ Hörspielwelten
8. ^ Ragazzi overview page
9. ^ Rødøye entry
10. ^ Gibi museum website
11. ^ Graphiq Brasil
12. ^ Tebeosblog
13. ^ Swedish comics

External links

• Toonopedia entry
• King Features Redeye homepage