The series, which started in 1930, was heavily influenced by Roy Crane’s adventure strip, Wash Tubbs.
Tony Tubbs | Ricardo Tubbs | the Wash | The Wash | Wash Tubbs | Wash | Wash-up period | "Wash" Custis | Meadow Valley Wash | Chaco Wash |
1832 pen and wash drawing by Sir Charles D'Oyly, 7th Baronet
As a freelance writer, Blackbeard wrote, edited or contributed to more than 200 books on cartoons and comic strips, including 100 Years of Comic Strips, the Krazy & Ignatz series (Eclipse/Fantagraphics) and NBM's 18-volume Wash Tubbs and Captain Easy.