A Brief History Of Comics
Comics: In the Beginning The modern comic, as we know it, began in Joseph Pulitzer\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s New York World on February 17,1895. The comic, drawn by Richard F. Outcault, was based on the life of Mickey Dugan, an Irish immigrant child in the city. Although the strip had no name, people have dubbed it the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Yellow Kid\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" because the nightshirt worn by Mickey Dugan was the projection for an experiment in yellow ink by the newspaper. Eventually the comic came to be known as \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Hogan\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Alley.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" Soon comics were recognized for the selling potential and were published in newspapers all over the world. After the success of the World, a competitor, William Randolph Herst of the New York Journal, hired Outcault to draw Hogan\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Alley for Hearst\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\'s Journal. The World continued publication of the strip using a new artist, and both papers were featuring the \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"Yellow......
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