Figure 1.--
|
Figure 1.-- |
Comic books were especilly popular in America, but more with boys than girls. There is some debate about who drew the first cartoon. Some German readers claim that it was Wilhelm Busch. We have seen political cartoons even earlier, in America and England during the 18h century. The first American cartton charactr was the Yellow Kid drawn by R.F. Outcault. He is better known for Buster Brown. These were newspaper cartoons. I'm not sure precisely when the first comic actual book appeared. They were certinly being widely read by the 1930s. I remember how popular they were in the 40s. At the time they cost 10 cents. It was America that became the leading producer of comic books. The leading ones were the Disney characters, the ??? (Warner Brothers characters), the super heros, and many more. There were, however, only a few boy characters. The ones that come to mind are Archie, Buster Brown, and Richie Rich. There were also comic boks on classic books, perfect for highschool students not desiringt o read their class assignments.
Comic books were especilly popular in America, but more with boys than girls.
There is some debate about who drew the first cartoon. Some German readers claim that it was Wilhelm Busch. We have seen political cartoons even earlier, in America and England during the 18h century. The first American cartton charactr was the Yellow Kid drawn by R.F. Outcault. He is better known for Buster Brown. These were newspaper cartoons.
I'm not sure precisely when the first comic actual book appeared. They were certinly being widely read by the 1930s. I remember how popular they were in the 40s. At the time they cost 10 cents.
It was America that became the leading producer of comic books.
The leading Amercan comic books were the Disney characters, the ??? (Warner Brothers characters), the super heros, and many more.
The forst cartoon characters were boy characters, the Yellow Kid and Buster Brown. There were, however, only a few boy characters in comic books. The ones that come to mind are Archie and Richy Rich.
There were also comic books on classic books--Classics Illustrated. They were of course perfect for highschool students not desiring to read their class assignments. As such the Classic Comics very carefully followed the plot lines of the books. These comics were published on a wide range of classic books, includig editions on the famous Charles Dickens and Mark Twain classic characters. I am not sure to what extent the costuming was reserched. We have few details on the company or the editorial process. Many of the books had realtively limited costume descritions, so often the illustrations could not be based on the text of the book depicted.
Navigate the HBC literary pages' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Return to the main Main types of U.S. children's literatue]
[Return to the main Main literary page]
Navigate the Boys' Historical Clothing Web Site:
[Return to the Main national children's book page]
[Introduction]
[Activities]
[Biographies]
[Chronology]
[Clothing styles]
[Countries]
[Bibliographies]
[Contributions]
[FAQs]
[Glossaries]
[Satellite sites]
[Tools]
[Boys' Clothing Home]