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A History of the Comic Book
A history of comic books, from ancient cave paintings to Hollywood, pulp magazines, and superheroes.
http://www.randomhistory.com/1-50/033comic.html
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A Short History of âArtâ Comics - Graphic Medicine
In order to establish the cultural relevance and context of graphic fiction it is necessary to look briefly at the history of comics.
http://www.graphicmedicine.org/a-short-history-of-art-comics/
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The History of Comics: Decade by Decade
New events that shape the comics industry are always happening. While the foundations of today’s industry started in the 1920’s, the events of today are shaping the industry of tomorrow.
http://the-artifice.com/history-of-comics/
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TheComicsBooks - The History of Comic Books
Prior to Comicbook heroes we had pulp heroes. "Pulps" were small 10 cent books sold on the newsstands, usually filled with action heroes going to exotic places and having adventures.
http://www.thecomicbooks.com/old/Hist1.html
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The History of Comics
The comic strip developed in America towards the end of the nineteenth century, originally created as a tool to draw customers to the Sunday edition of the local newspaper and becoming an icon of American culture.
http://www.comic-art.com/history/history1.htm
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History of Comics - Platinum Age
The early known comic has recently become an exciting, brand new field of research in the comic industry. Up until as recent as a years ago it was generally believed that the first comic book was a reprint collection of the first comic strip, best known as the Yellow Kid.
http://www.thecomicbooks.com/old/Platinum.html
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Comics Timeline
The history of the funnies in America.
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/comicstimeline.html
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The Golden Age Of Comics
The Golden Age Of Comics - History Detectives - PBS.
http://www.pbs.org/opb/historydetectives/feature/the-golden-age-of-comics/
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Comics Timeline, Heroes and Villains: Silver Age Comics at Atkins Library
Heroes and Villains: Silver Age Comics at Atkins Library is an exhibit of superhero comics published by DC Comics and Marvel Comics during the Silver Age (1956 - c. 1970). The Silver Age was a creative and commercial renaissance period for the comics medium. The comics featured in this collection were published between the mid to late 1960s.
https://silveragecomics.omeka.net/timeline
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The First Superhero? - Kottke
Out of a recent conversation popped this interesting question: who was the first superhero? After a short discussion and a few guesses (Superman, Batman, etc), it was agreed that this might be the most perfect question to ask the internet in the long history of questions.
http://kottke.org/05/10/the-first-superhero
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Worldâs First Comic Book from Glasgow in Spotlight - The Scotsman
FIRST published in 1825, it helped spawn everything from Our Wullie's bucket to Batman's cape and cowl.
http://www.scotsman.com/lifestyle/books/world-s-first-comic-book-from-glasgow-in-spotlight-1-2974087#axzz3qYtN6sUp
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The Silver Age of Comic Books / Useful Notes - TV Tropes
A page for describing UsefulNotes: Silver Age of Comic Books. Depending on who you ask, either a magical time when comic books were wonderful and everyone ...
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/UsefulNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks?from=Main.TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks
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Top 20 Most Valuable Comic Books from the Bronze Age
Which Bronze Age comics are worth big money? Our Top 20 most valuable comic books from the Bronze Age will tell you!
http://www.sellmycomicbooks.com/most-valuable-comic-books-bronze-age.html
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History of comics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The history of comics has followed different paths in different parts of the world. It can be traced back to early precursors such as Trajan's Column, in Rome, Egyptian hieroglyphs and the Bayeux Tapestry.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_comics
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History of American Comics - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Wikipedia's information about the history of American comics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_American_comics
