US 101's video: The Yellow Kid America s First Comic Strip - US 101

When you think of the birth of comics in the United States, you shouldn't think of Superman. You should think of the character Mickey Dugan aka The Yellow Kid. This week, we'll look at the origin of the comic strip in the U.S. We'll look at some one-panel cartoons that served as precursors to comic strips, the Swiss artist who created multi-panel storytelling, why comics were included in New York newspapers in the 1890s, and how The Yellow Kid's appearance changed American pop culture. Read more about The Yellow Kid http://www.people.vcu.edu/~djbromle/cartoon04/projects/barry/barry_comic-strips.htm https://www.thoughtco.com/history-of-comic-books-1991480 http://arthistoryteachingresources.org/lessons/newspaper-comics-in-the-united-states/ https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/48736/innocent-origin-yellow-journalism-how-yellow-kid-fueled-pulitzerhearst-rivalry https://www.nytimes.com/1995/12/17/books/the-kid-from-hogan-s-alley.html https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/how-americas-first-popular-comic-shaped-the-19th-century-newspaper-wars Follow US 101 on social media: http://twitter.com/usahistory101 http://instagram.com/usahistory101 http://facebook.com/usahistory101