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Conchy was a critically-acclaimed but only modestly successful American comic strip that ran from...

Conchy was a critically-acclaimed but only modestly successful American comic strip that ran from 1970 to 1977. Set on a desert island, the strip included a diverse cast of characters and addressed serious issues of its time. James Childress (April 13, 1941-January 22, 1977) created Conchy in the early 1960s as an homage to his love of beachcombing. By 1962, Childress was pitching the strip to syndicates with no results. Eventually, he started marketing it directly to newspapers under the business name Corinthian Features. Through this, Conchy began its newspaper run on March 2, 1970. By 1974, Conchy was appearing in 26 papers, finally attracting a syndicate's interest, from Field Enterprises, who signed Childress up that year. His client list increased to over 150 papers. During this time, Tempo Books published three collections of Conchy dailies: Conchy, Man of the Now; Conchy on the Half-Shell; and Conchy, Living in Tomorrow's Past. Brant Parker, creator of The Wizard of Id, provided a forward to Childress's first book, calling him a born cartoonist: "This book is just another step on his way to the top." Conchy consisted of both typical gag strips and rumination strips about