Comic Book History
“Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful then a locomotive. Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Look! Up in the sky. It’s a bird! It’s a plane! No, it’s SUPERMAN!!” is what people would hear before every episode of the Superman cartoon in the 60’s. Since the beginning of the 20th century, comics have been part of our culture. Over the years they have changed and have continued to show the world what one can do with just a little imagination. Some people trace comics back to prehistoric paintings found in caves; others trace them back to Egyptian hieroglyphics. The truth is that no one really knows; however, we do know that our modern conception of comics is about as old as the motion picture. The first true comic was created in 1896 when Richard Fenton Outcalt drew The Yellow Kid. He is also the man responsible for creating the “balloon,” a circle around a characters mouth with words in it that represented what the character was saying. During comics first decade they were normally of humoristic nature, which is where their name originated. Other comics that came out are ones still heard about today such as Little Nemo in Slumberland, Mutt vs. Jeff, Krazy Kat, as well as Popeye which eventual
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