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Richard F. Outcault’s The Yellow Kid
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On 9/27/2024 at 6:37 PM, Pantodude said:

A placeholder until someone could do the topic justice, here’s a brief introduction to the character behind the works that started the Platinum Age:  Richard F. Outcault’s The Yellow Kid.  

From Wikipedia: The Yellow Kid (Mickey Dugan) is an American comic-strip character that appeared from 1895 to 1898 in Joseph Pulitzer's New York World, and later William Randolph Hearst’s New York Journal.  The YK was created and drawn by Outcault in the comic strip Hogan's Alley (and later under other names as well), which strip was one of the first Sunday supplement comic strips in an American newspaper.  

The Yellow Kid has a rich history as a comic strip in newspapers. For example: 
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That is a lot of quality detail that went into that drawing!  Reminds me of Schomburg’s work in the GA, where so much is often happening on his covers and the fun to be had finding it all.    

But he also appeared in this cool, seminal comic book series, The Yellow Kid issues Nos. 1 through 9, all from 1897 (Howard, Ainslee & Co., 1897) when comics could be had for a nickel, which launched the Platinum Age of comics.  

Yellow Kid #1 by itself, because the copy in the 9-book block that follows is missing the cover:

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And here's the rest of the run:


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Thank you for posting those pictures, Very Cool!  That's some really cool RARE Yellow Kid Goodies........  Are these your books?  Very Nice!!!  I've never seen one in person only pictures...

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