Newsprint: The Medium That Launched Comics

Works Exhibited

Adapt
Johnny Negron
2013

Batman
Bob Kane
New York Mirror
1945

Batman
Bob Kane
New York Mirror
1945

Blondie
Chic Young
G.I. Comics
1945

Detail from Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival by Charles Burns
Charles Burns, Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival (detail)

Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival
Charles Burns
2013

Buck Rogers
Dick Calkins
Oakland Tribune
1931

Caboose
Chuck Forman and Max de Radiguès
2010

Captain Marvel Adventures
C.C. Beck
1944

C@rtooning
Laab Issue #0: Dark Matter Digital Edition
2019

Chicago to New York: Get Off the Earth!!
Charles Saalburg
Chicago Inter-Ocean
1893

Flash Gordon
Alex Raymond
Puck Weekly Comics
1934

Detail from Gasoline Alley by Frank King
Frank King, Gasoline Alley (detail)

Gasoline Alley
Frank King
Chicago Tribune
1928

I am the Monster
Trenton Doyle Hancock
Laab Issue #0
2017

Detail from In the Land of Wonderful Dreams by Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay, In the Land of Wonderful Dreams (detail)

In the Land of Wonderful Dreams
Winsor McCay
1913

Detail from Instantaneous Etiquette by Anne Sefton
Anne Sefton, Instantaneous Etiquette (detail)

Instantaneous Etiquette
Anne Sefton “Fish”
The American Weekly
1942

Invisible Wall
Luciana and Maldito Perrito, Colleen Tighe and Pamela Medina, Natalie Andrewson and Paul Pardo, Daniel Shepard and Diego Freyre
2019

Invisible Wall
Wren McDonald and Miranda Rosales, Isabella Grucci and Panelismo, Vinnie Neuberg and Jimena Estibaliz, Gibrán Turón and Rodger Binyone
2019

Jimmy
Jimmy Swinnerton
1914

Joe Palooka
Ham Fisher
New Haven Register
1944

Just Go Straight
Saban Kazim
The Comix Reader
2010

Detail from Krazy Kat by George Herriman
George Herriman, Krazy Kat (detail)

Krazy Kat
George Herriman
Baltimore American
1943

Krazy Kat
George Herriman
New York Journal-American
1943

Little Nemo in Slumberland
Winsor McCay
New York Herald
1908

Little Nemo in Slumberland
Ron Wimberly
Laab #0
2018

Magic Bullet #2
Mike O’Brien
2011

Detail from Magic Bullet #4 by Rafer Roberts
Rafer Roberts, Magic Bullet #4 (detail)

Magic Bullet #4
Rafer Roberts
2012

The Morning of the First Day of The Great Peace
Ron Regé
Showpaper
2012

Mutt and Jeff
Bud Fisher
Denver Post
1932

The New Member of the Orchestra
Charles Nelan
New York Herald
1898

Oh—I’m sure she’ll marry you…
Elmer Simms Campbell
Pictorial Review
1947

Sunday Comics Page
Various Artists
Washington Post
2019

Detail from Pièce De Résistance by Alison Bechdel
Alison Bechdel, Pièce De Résistance (detail)

Pièce De Résistance
Alison Bechdel
2016

Polly and Her Pals
Cliff Sterrett
Cleveland Plain Dealer
1927

Detail from It's Time to Take Back Control! by Nicky Minus
Nicky Minus, It's Time to Take Back Control! (detail)

Resist
Gayle Kabaker, Gillian Levine, Yuyi Morales, Linda Medley, Deb Lucke, Oliva Russin, Ciena Vallenzuela-Peterson, Jazmine Boatman, Mimi Pond, Christy O’Conner, Nicky Minus, Liana Finck, Kim Boekbinder, Sophia Zarders, Chance Bone, Olivia Knowles, Lauren Simkin Berke
2016

The Right Policy by Winsor McCay
Winsor McCay, The Right Policy

The Right Policy
Winsor McCay
Chicago Herald and Examiner
1933

Rosie Gentry
Chris Ware
Smoke Signal
2013

Rosie’s Beau
George McManus
Herald Chicago American
1941

Secret Prison #4
Art Baxter
2011

Sky Scrappers
Jimmie Trotter
Showpaper
2009

Smoke Signal by Lilli Carré
Lilli Carré, Smoke Signal

Smoke Signal
Lilli Carré
2011

The Spirit
Will Eisner
Philadelphia Record
1949

The Spirit
Will Eisner
Philadelphia Record
1949

The Startling Saga of Sun Ra
Ron Wimberly
Laab Issue #0
2017

Superman
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (Wayne Boring)
Detroit News
1943

Detail from Tales of Tiger Balm by Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi
Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi, Tales of Tiger Balm (detail)

Tales of Tiger Balm
Ariyana Suvarnasuddhi
2010

Thimble Theater Starring Popeye
Bella Zaboly
New York Journal-American
1943

Untitled
Charles Sykes, Rollin Kirby, D.R. Fitzpatrick, and Tom Carlisle
The Seattle Sunday Times
1941

Ron Wimberly, Octavia Butler
Ron Wimberly, Octavia Butler

Octavia Butler
Ron Wimberly
Laab Issue #0
2017

Untitled
Ron Wimberly
Laab Issue #0
2017

Wall of Sound by Marc Bell
Marc Bell, Wall of Sound (detail)

Wall of Sound
Marc Bell
Comics Comics
2007

Well—you asked me…
Elmer Simms Campbell
Pictorial Review
1949