The state of the art / Brian Walker -- Children of the yellow kid: the evolution of the American comic strip / Robert C. Harvey -- Origin of a new species -- Fine-tuning the form and widening the focus -- Continuity: soap opera and adventure and the advent of the illustrator -- Of infinite jest: a gag-a-day -- Comics with a conscience: satire and social commentary -- Comics as "Ding an Sich:" a note on means and media / Richard V. West.
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