A comic strip is a sequence of cartoons, arranged in interrelated panels to display brief humor or form a narrative, often serialized, … See more

Storytelling using a sequence of pictures has existed through history. One medieval European example in textile form is the Bayeux Tapestry See more

Making his first appearance in the British magazine Judy by writer and fledgling artist Charles H. Ross in 1867, Ally Sloper is one of the earliest comic strip characters and he is regarded as the first recurring character in comics. The highly popular character was spun … See more

The decade of the 1960s saw the rise of underground newspapers, which often carried comic strips, such as Fritz the Cat and The See more

The first newspaper comic strips appeared in North America in the late 19th century. The Yellow Kid is usually credited as one of the first … See more

The two conventional formats for newspaper comics are strips and single gag panels. The strips are usually displayed … See more

Sunday newspapers traditionally included a special color section. Early Sunday strips (known colloquially as "the funny papers", shortened to "the funnies"), such as See more