The passage and lecture are both discussing comics which is it really uniquely American art form or not. The author believes that the initial popular comic strip and also, the first famous comic book is from the United States which is completely wrong fact that is proven by the lecturer. Lecturer argues not only America created comic, but the whole world did.
On the reading, the writer points out the first popular comic strip was Hogan’s Alley, published in the 1890s by American cartoonist R.F. Outcault. However, the lecture clears that R.F. Outcault, the publisher, was an immigrant from Hungary to the United States. Furthermore, Hogan’s Alley has displayed the Yellow Kid, who defined the world’s first famous cartoon character that has also
On the reading, the writer points out the first popular comic strip was Hogan’s Alley, published in the 1890s by American cartoonist R.F. Outcault. However, the lecture clears that R.F. Outcault, the publisher, was an immigrant from Hungary to the United States. Furthermore, Hogan’s Alley has displayed the Yellow Kid, who defined the world’s first famous cartoon character that has also