The Prehistory of Comics
by B. Short
Hey Cartoonists, history of comics, mcsweeneys 13, rodolphe topffer, Syndicated, the standard of ur, the yellow kid
September 27, 2017
Where to Start Before You Start Santiago Garcia points out in his great book of comics history and criticism, On the Graphic Novel, that people tend to trace the beginning of comic books back to an individual moment, usually either Rodolphe Töpffer’s histoires de estampes in the 19th century or to the massively popular, serialized comic […]