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The first part tells you about the origin of the predecessor of comics. Some friends feedback that these contents are good, popularize comic knowledge and interesting. This time, I want to tell you the history of comic series.
The dialogue axis has begun to appear in the poor man's Bible mentioned in the last article. Contemporary European artists in the Middle Ages and Renaissance generally used dialogue axes to express the connotation of painting. The so-called dialogue axis, shaped like a scroll, hangs in the painting, and there are also expressions attached to the characters as comments on the dialogue between them.
The dialogue axis first appeared in the ruins of Central America in 650 BC. At that time, it was only a few character samples, and later it gradually developed into a scroll dialog box which is more conducive to the performance of painting.
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/kloc-religious culture prevailed in Europe in the first half of the 6th century, and the screen art was mostly religious. For example, the murals and portraits created by Renaissance artists such as Leonardo da Vinci for the royal family are very religious.
According to historical records, the dialogue bubble box first appeared on the single-page poster of18th century. By the middle of19th century, some European artists at that time gradually gave up the expression of dialogue bubble, and dialogue bubble was no longer popular. Instead, the dialogue is placed under the cartoon grid.
Until Richard F. Outcault, an American cartoonist, created Yellow Boy, he re-used dialogue bubbles combined with continuous narrative to create, which achieved great success and was far more popular than other cartoons of his time.
The earliest comic book appeared in the British satirical magazine "Nrthern Looking Class" from 1825 to 1826, which contains the most basic elements of modern comics-story notes, script descriptions, dialogue bubbles, narrative pictures, etc. This is the earliest serial publication.
1867, Judy of the British humor magazine Half Holiday became the first weekly comic series with the protagonist as a fixed role. This comic magazine was very popular, and later other comic publications of the same type were born. Comic series has become a traditional column in British magazines. This is how the comic series form was established and developed into our common weekly comic series form.
In the United States, the most representative is the yellow boy described by American cartoonist Richard F. Outcault. The story comes from daily life, and the protagonist is a naughty mental derangement who amuses the readers through some practical jokes.
Huang Tong's influence and audience became the works that other comics competed to imitate at that time, which can be said to lead the development of comic series.
Due to the singleness of comic types, the development of comics in the early19th century was limited, and people were tired of the unchangeable story mode. In addition, comics can only be attached to the mixture of paper and media, and cartoonists have no chance to exert their fists in the creative space, so comics can only survive in the cracks.
From 65438 to 0938, the first superhero Superman appeared in the American comic magazine Act Comics, and American comics began to enter the era of superheroes. Later, DC and Marvel comics were born, and modern comics entered a golden age.
Riman is one of the largest commercial comic systems in the comic industry at present, but the development of Japanese comics is relatively late. Due to the cultural and economic differences between the East and the West, the development history and theme types of comics are also very different. Let's discuss the development history of modern comics next time!