Popular Post Pantodude Posted September 28 Popular Post Share Posted September 28 (edited) 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: 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: And here's the rest of the run: Edited September 28 by Pantodude KCOComics, crazyhips, Darwination and 5 others 6 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dickymoe74 Posted September 28 Share Posted September 28 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: 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: And here's the rest of the run: 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... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pantodude Posted September 28 Author Share Posted September 28 (edited) @dickymoe74 No, not mine. Just introducing the topic. Very nice indeed! Did you have to ask so soon? I could have ridden that wave for a while longer. 😎 Edited September 28 by Pantodude mlansdown, Darwination and dickymoe74 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorick Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 On 9/27/2024 at 6:37 PM, Pantodude said: 128 years later and nothing has changed... Darwination and Pantodude 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 2 Share Posted October 2 Too bad this thread came so late. Rich Olsen could have blown our minds! sagii 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ameri Posted October 5 Popular Post Share Posted October 5 I was lucky to find this March 28, 1897 spread from the newspaper "The World." It was not drawn by Outcault, but by George B Luks. This occurred because William Randolph Hearst offered Outcault a lot of money to defect and Outcault started doing Yellow Kid for Hearst's "New York Journal" instead. Joseph Pulitzer, the publisher of "The World" in turn hired Luks to continue the Yellow Kid strip. Outcault continued to draw Yellow Kid for Hearst and Luk's continued to draw Yellow Kid for Pulitzer. Later on, Outcault and Luk teamed up and worked on some Yellow Kid strips together. Yellow Kid continued in both papers till February 1898 and then was discontinued. PopKulture, dickymoe74, mr_highgrade and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Ameri Posted October 5 Popular Post Share Posted October 5 (edited) Better scan of All Fool's Day In Hogan's Alley and the flipside Edited October 5 by Ameri OtherEric, Pantodude, Darwination and 2 others 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robot Man Posted October 11 Share Posted October 11 Some Yellow Kid "Stuff" since Rich Olsen isn't around to dazzle us... Yorick, OtherEric, Darwination and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...