Chapter 1
The birth of the funny pages
Chapter 2
Mid-century masters and golden ages
Chapter 3
Comic strips around the world
Chapter 4
The art and craft of cartooning
YOUR GOAL
Master of Newspaper comic strip history
Ch 1 · The birth of the funny pages
schopenhauer Early Newspaper Comic Strips
He wore his words right on his yellow shirt!
schopenhauer Two rebellious twins made history by launching the longest-running comic strip ever.
schopenhauer Early comic artists pioneered the speech bubble to let characters speak for themselves.
BETA
schopenhauer Flip the classic comic strips to discover how Sunday funnies changed pop culture.
Fun Fact
Yellow journalism origin: The sensationalist term "yellow journalism" actually comes from a battle over who could publish "The Yellow Kid" comic strip in New York [1].
Glossary
comic strip (noun)
A sequence of drawings in boxes that tell a story, typically printed in a newspaper. Richard F. Outcault's The Yellow Kid popularized this format in American Sunday newspapers in 1895.
A sequence of drawings in boxes that tell a story, typically printed in a newspaper. Richard F. Outcault's The Yellow Kid popularized this format in American Sunday newspapers in 1895.
Quiz
In what city did the fierce 1890s newspaper war that popularized comic strips take place?
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What surreal comic strip by Winsor McCay featured a young boy who traveled to Slumberland in his dreams every night?
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Which continuous comic strip, started in 1897, holds the record as the oldest still in syndication?
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Which newspaper mogul fought Joseph Pulitzer for the rights to publish the Yellow Kid?
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What did Winsor McCay do before creating Little Nemo that helped him master drawing movement?
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Which comic character's bright nightshirt inspired the term 'yellow journalism'?
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In 1897, which comic strip first popularized the regular use of speech balloons and sequential panels?