Graphic Humor: Give us our Daily Comic Strip
Brief analysis of the history of the daily strip
A course by Liniers , Cartoonist
Learn to make people think and laugh with comic strips
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About the video: Brief analysis of the history of the daily strip
Overview
“We will see a very brief history of the daily strip, starting with The Yellow Kid, Mutt and Jeff, Crazy Cat, Charlie Brown and arriving at Mafalda, Rep, Fontanarrosa and Maitena.”
In this video lesson Liniers addresses the topic: Brief analysis of the history of the daily strip, which is part of the Domestika online course: Graphic Humor: Give us our Daily Comic Strip. Learn to make people think and laugh with comic strips.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now we will talk of a brief history of the daily strip. Very short and very incomplete. If you are more interested, look for them. Do not! The daily strip arises at the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century in the newspapers in the United States. One of the first strips, it is said to be the first, He was a little person, I'm drawing it by heart, know sorry if it doesn't seem like it. It's called The Yellow Kid. It was like a peeled little boy, like that, with a nightgown, which was going through life. And the texts of what he thought or what the boy said appeared he...”
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Course summary for: Graphic Humor: Give us our Daily Comic Strip
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Category
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Areas
Comic, Drawing, Graphic Humor, Narrative, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Ricardo Liniers Siri is a cartoonist from Argentina better known simply as Liniers, one of his last names. He began his career publishing fanzines before making the leap to the national press with the comic strip Bonjour in the newspaper Página 12. Since 2002, he's been publishing comics strips daily in La Nación and on a weekly basis for El País in Spain.
He has published more than 30 books in 17 countries around the world. His illustrations have been featured in many formats, from album covers for Kevin Johansen, Andrés Calamaro, and Marcelo Ezquiaga to covers for the prestigious magazine The New Yorker. His work has also been displayed in countries such as Brazil, Peru, Spain, and the United States in the 2018 Society of Illustrators exhibit.
When he's not drawing comics, he collaborates on projects with other artists and friends, such as live painting at Kevin Johansen concerts and an illustrated stand up show with illustrator Alberto Montt. He also cofounded the publishing house Editorial Común with his wife Angie.
As a culmination of his career, he won the Eisner Award (the "Illustrators' Oscar") and the Inkpot Award at the 2018 Comic-Con held in California.
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