One of the first
comic strips. It was drawn by artist Richard Felton Outcault. Debuted in 1895 in [Joseph Pulitzer]
?'s New York World newspaper but moved to the Hearst
? newspaper, Journal American in 1897 where it was part of the first Sunday comics section.
It figured in the public debate in the United States concerning the Spanish-American War when Hearst newspaper's warmongering was called yellow journalism after the strip.
See also Max and Moritz, The Little Bears
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