Editing Comic strip (section)

==History==
[[Storytelling]] using a sequence of pictures has existed through history. One medieval European example in textile form is the [[Bayeux Tapestry]]. Printed examples emerged in 19th-century Germany and in  mid 18th-century England, where some of the first [[satirical]] or humorous [[Sequential art|sequential narrative]] drawings were produced. [[William Hogarth]]'s 18th-century English caricature include both narrative sequences, such as ''[[A Rake's Progress]]'', and single panels.

The ''[[Biblia pauperum]]'' ("Paupers' Bible"), a tradition of picture [[Bible]]s beginning in the [[Late Middle Ages]], sometimes depicted Biblical events with words spoken by the figures in the [[miniature (illuminated manuscript)|miniatures]] written on scrolls coming out of their mouths—which makes them to some extent ancestors of the modern cartoon strips.

In China, with its traditions of [[block printing]] and of the incorporation of text with image, experiments with what became ''[[lianhuanhua]]'' date back to 1884.<ref>
{{cite web
| url = http://www.nico-wong.over-blog.net/article-15817717.html
| title = histoire de la bande dessinée chinoise, les lianhuanhua (1)
| date = 2008-01-20
| language = fr
|trans-title=History of Chinese comics: lianhuanhua
| access-date = 2010-01-10
| quote = [...] le quotidien Shenbao (申报) publie dès 1884 un supplément intitulé Magazine dla vie quotidienne, les mœurs et les coutumes en Chine à une époque où les photographies sont encore rares. [Translation: ... from 1884 the daily ''Shenbao'' (申报) published a supplement called "Magazine of the Studio of carved stone" (点石斋画报) which contained series of narrative images done with the ''baimiao'' technique. So this allowed the newspaper to enhance its readability by illustrating contemporary events at home and abroad, or by depicting daily life and behavior and customs in China at a time when photographs still remained uncommon.]
}}
</ref>
[[File:Opinions on The Divorce Bill Met DP884659.jpg|thumb|Thomas Rowlandson after G.M.Woodward. ''Opinions on the Divorce Bill'' 1800 (Metropolitan Museum, New York)]]
The origin of the modern English language comic strip can be traced to the efflorescence of caricature in  late 18th century London. English caricaturists such as [[Richard Newton (caricaturist)|Richard Newton]] and [[George Moutard Woodward|George Woodward]] developed sophisticated caricature styles using strips of expressive comic figures with captions that could be read left to right to cumulative effect, as well as business models for advertising and selling cheap comic illustration on regular subscription.

Other leading British caricaturists produced strips as well; for example [[James Gillray]]  in ''Democracy;-or-a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte''.<ref>{{cite object |author=James Gillray |title=Democracy;-or-a Sketch of the Life of Buonaparte. | date=1800| publisher=Hannah Humphrey| medium=hand-coloured etching |id=1851,0901.1030| museum=British Museum | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1851-0901-1030 }}</ref> His contemporary [[Thomas Rowlandson]] used strips as early as 1784 for example in ''The Loves of the Fox and the Badger''.<ref>{{cite object |author=Thomas Rowlandson |title=The loves of the fox and the badger, - or the coalition wedding. | date=1784| publisher=William Humphrey| medium=hand-coloured etching |id=1868,0808.5095| museum=British Museum | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1868-0808-5095 }}</ref> Rowlandson may also be credited with inventing the first internationally recognized comic strip character: ''Doctor Syntax'' whose picaresque journeys through England were told through a series of comic etchings, accompanied by verse.  Original published in parts between  1809 and 1811 in [[Rudolf Ackermann]]'s ''Poetical Magazine'', in book form ''The Tour of Doctor Syntax in search of the picturesque''  ran to 9 editions between 1812 and 1819, spun off two sequels, a prequel, numerous pirate imitations and copies  including French, German, Danish and translations. His image was available on pottery, textiles wallpaper and other merchandise.

[[File:My Wife! MET DP884189.jpg|thumb|Thomas Rowlandson ''My Wife'' 1815 (Metropolitan Museum New York)]]

[[The Caricature Magazine or Hudibrastic Mirror]], an influential English comic series published in London between 1807 and 1819 by [[Thomas Tegg]] included some satirical stories in comic strip format such as ''The Adventures of Johnny Newcome''.<ref>{{cite object |title=Adventures of Johnny Newcome Plate1 1 | date=1812 | medium=paper  |id=1872,1012.5010| museum=British Museum | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1872-1012-5010 }}</ref> 
<ref>{{cite object |title=Adventures of Johnny Newcome plate 2| date=1812 | medium=paper  |id=1872,1012.5011| museum=British Museum | url=https://www.britishmuseum.org/collection/object/P_1872-1012-5011 }}</ref>