History of Graphic Novels.
Next is tombs and hieroglyphics, these are known to be found in egypt, created by the egyptians. a prime example of one of these would be the scribe of menna. this is basically a picture of 3/4 people and it tells a story between them, a bit like a storybook, just without words, the egyptians read these pictures a little different to how we would, they would read them within an S shape.
Next is Bayeux Tapestry, this is similar to that of hieroglyphics, although it is made by sewing, and also tells a story, this is the most famous Tapestry is that which tells a story about the norman conquest of england. The main character of the tapestry is William the Conqueror.
In the beginning of 1800s, rodolphe toppffer, created sequential art, which is getting on the borderline of comics, although we can see that what it is lacking is speech bubbles, this seperates the image from being the start of a comic. we can see this by the frame borders, writing on the image, the fact they are small, no colour, mass produced and finally no speech bubbles.
The Gutenburg press revolutionized society, by printing books, this basically meant that people got everything they wanted to read in their own home, this made things easier for people and also boosted sales because they could read things in the benefit of their home.
Yellow Kid was then created- he was a comic character, in hogans alley, he was a bald, gaptoothed street urchin in a yellow nightshirt, he was drawn by Richard F. Outcalt.
Max gaines came up with the idea of reprinting daily and weekly comic strips in a tabloid size newspaper, he experimented with this and placed them on trial newsstands simply by putting ten cents on the front cover.
D.C comics was then produced in 1938 and comic no.1 had supermans first appearance. soon after this, we were introduced to batman and wonder woman.
After Max Gaines died, his son Bill Gaines decided to carry on the business but added a little twist, instead of creating things with super heros, he decided to take it one step further and transform the magazine to a pioneer of horror, satirical and science fiction comics.
Frederic Wertham came to the decision that comics were polluting childrens brains, and he wrote about how they were doing just that, he wanted people to know that it could be traced back to what the children were reading and this was the reason.
CCA (comic code authority), then had to step in, to investigate, a little similar to the film world and their rules (BBFC.) the CCA were checking to see that everything was legitimate, and kids werent seeing anything too horrific, because they didnt want childrens minds to grow up being corrupt.
Mad magazine, side stepped the line, and decided to turn comic to magazine, and then the rules set from the CCA, didn't quite include Mad Magazine, letting them push the boundaries that little bit more.
And to this current day, Mad magazine is still running successfully.
