January 14, 2012
klg19: Hully gee!  Let’s all wish a happy happy birthday to the man who created comics in (the United States of) America as we know them, the great R.F. Outcault (14 January 1863-25 September 1928)! Starting with Pulitzer’s New York World in 1895, he introduced The Yellow Kid, which became such a success that Hearst lured him to the New York Journal a year later, sparking imitators at his old job and lawsuits over title rights: In 1902, he brought us Buster Brown and his glorious dog, the bull terrier Tige.  Buster dressed like Little Lord Fauntleroy but behaved like Peck’s Bad Boy, and Tige provided the Greek chorus:

klg19:

Hully gee!  Let’s all wish a happy happy birthday to the man who created comics in (the United States of) America as we know them, the great R.F. Outcault (14 January 1863-25 September 1928)!

Yellow Kid

Starting with Pulitzer’s New York World in 1895, he introduced The Yellow Kid, which became such a success that Hearst lured him to the New York Journal a year later, sparking imitators at his old job and lawsuits over title rights:

Pulitzer vs Hearst

In 1902, he brought us Buster Brown and his glorious dog, the bull terrier Tige.  Buster dressed like Little Lord Fauntleroy but behaved like Peck’s Bad Boy, and Tige provided the Greek chorus:

Buster Brown

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