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Sequential art: stories told in drawn panels, from newspaper strips through comic books to graphic novels and manga. Comics grew up inside the newspaper wars of the 1890s, built their own publishing industry in the twentieth century, and now feed characters and stories to film, television and games.
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Origin Year1895 marks the Yellow Kid in the New York World, the conventional start of the American newspaper strip; Rodolphe Topffer's drawn picture stories of the 1830s and older sequential picture narratives are counted by longer histories. OriginRichard Outcault's The Yellow Kid, which appeared in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World from 1895, is usually credited as one of the first newspaper comic strips, though the form developed gradually before it. 1 Place of OriginNew York City, United States 1 Primary FormatA sequence of cartoons arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative. 1 Typical DistributionHistorically syndicated by a syndicate to many newspapers and published in newspapers and magazines; since the late twentieth century also collected in graphic novels and comic albums and published as webcomics. 1 Cross-Tradition Connections
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Richard Outcault's The Yellow Kid, the strip usually credited as the medium's popular origin, appeared in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World from 1895.
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Wikimedia FoundationComic strip, Newspapers sectionQuote, Comic strip, Newspapers section
Most newspaper comic strips are syndicated; a syndicate hires people to write and draw a strip and then distributes it to many newspapers for a fee.
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Wikimedia FoundationHearst in San Francisco section, on the Yellow Kid stripQuote, Hearst in San Francisco section, on the Yellow Kid strip
The American people want something terse, forcible, picturesque, striking
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Wikimedia FoundationComics, term coined by Will Eisner in Comics and Sequential Art (1985)View the Source 1. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationNew York World, lead sectionQuote, New York World, lead section
The New York World was a newspaper published in New York City from 1860 to 1931.
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Wikimedia FoundationComic strip, opening sectionQuote, Comic strip, opening section
A comic strip (also known as a strip cartoon) is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative.
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Wikimedia FoundationComics, Forms and formats sectionQuote, Comics, Forms and formats section
Since the late 20th century, bound volumes such as graphic novels and comic albums have become increasingly common, along with webcomics.
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Joseph Pulitzer, The Yellow Kid, OriginView the Source 1. Wikipedia
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Wikimedia FoundationAssociated With: Publication of Action Comics #1View the Source 1. Wikipedia
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