Re: 'Twas George Lucas, based on Roy Chapman Andrews...

Posted by graml from sdn-ar-002vannewP336.dialsprint.net on February 12, 2000 at 17:29:52:

In Reply to: 'Twas George Lucas, based on Roy Chapman Andrews... posted by Ulla on February 12, 2000 at 14:21:26:

: : Was it George Lucas, or was the character a comic strip run in an American newspaper at the start of World War 2?

: I don't think Indy was ever run in any newspaper, but I could sure imagine that happening.
: Anyway, I don't know if Roy Chapman Andrews was REALLY the actual Indiana Jones that George and 'Steve based the FABULOUS character on, but Andrews sounds VERY similar....
: Adventurously,
: Ulla

Hey. I've always believed that Indy was a composite of a number of people; explorers Hiram Bingham and Richard Burton, dozens of B movie characters and a dash of the old adventure strips from the late 1930s, Terry and the Pirates being the most well-known.
-graml

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