Comics Studies is so dominated by the US narrative that Yellow Kid and his Phonogram from 1896 is widely regarded as the first comic strip and therefore the first comic, but this hides the fact that the European illustrated press had been producing recognisable comics much earlier and had been doing much more interesting things with space and page layout. This is by Fred Barnard from the Illustrated London News in 1868. #Comics #ComicsStudies #History #Media
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@nealcurtis Fascinating use of blacks in the third row - thank you so much for posting!
