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The First Commercially Successful Comic Strip
A chapter in the book Funny Pages
Hogan's Alley
by Brett Matthew West
(The entries for this brief history of Comics will be short. Enjoy!)
Except for the Comics many people will not read a newspaper. Are you aware the first commercially successful Comic strip began in the New York World newspaper in 1895?
The most popular character in "Hogan's Alley" was a boy called Yellow Kid. He was a jug-eared street urchin in a yellow nightshirt. He also had a bald head shaved to prevent lice.
Richard F. Outcault's Comic created big scenes of street kids making fun of things rich people did. Some things never change much, do they?
Filled with lots of slapstick, "Hogan's Alley" was chaotic and humorous.
(NEXT TIME: The Colorization Of Sunday Comics)
(The entries for this brief history of Comics will be short. Enjoy!)
Except for the Comics many people will not read a newspaper. Are you aware the first commercially successful Comic strip began in the New York World newspaper in 1895?
The most popular character in "Hogan's Alley" was a boy called Yellow Kid. He was a jug-eared street urchin in a yellow nightshirt. He also had a bald head shaved to prevent lice.
Richard F. Outcault's Comic created big scenes of street kids making fun of things rich people did. Some things never change much, do they?
Filled with lots of slapstick, "Hogan's Alley" was chaotic and humorous.
(NEXT TIME: The Colorization Of Sunday Comics)
Except for the Comics many people will not read a newspaper. Are you aware the first commercially successful Comic strip began in the New York World newspaper in 1895?
The most popular character in "Hogan's Alley" was a boy called Yellow Kid. He was a jug-eared street urchin in a yellow nightshirt. He also had a bald head shaved to prevent lice.
Richard F. Outcault's Comic created big scenes of street kids making fun of things rich people did. Some things never change much, do they?
Filled with lots of slapstick, "Hogan's Alley" was chaotic and humorous.
(NEXT TIME: The Colorization Of Sunday Comics)
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