The Colorful Story of Comics (History of Fun Stuff series)
Patricia Lakin
This nonfiction book traces visual storytelling from cave art through comic strips, graphic novels, and manga. It looks at the use of pictures and speech balloons to convey stories. The book notes that Benjamin Franklin is credited with the first cartoon published in an American newspaper and discusses the development of the Funny Pages. Bright digital artwork accompanies the history.
This book appears on 1 reading list across 1 edition.
