The Evolution of Comic Books

·         In 1842, "The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck" became the first comic book published in the United States.  This was the beginning of a new era altogether.

·        Tintin (1907) I say that name and the image of the boy with the golden hair and the white dog flashes in your mind. Didn’t we all love Tintin for his exhilarating adventures? And the captain for his famous one-liner ‘Blistering Barnacles’? Or the two detectives Thomson and Thompson? Oh! I could go on and on!!

·         The common man (1951) R.K Laxman’s ‘The common man’ holds a very significant place in the history of Indian comics. The strip has very nicely showcased the fears, hopes, and troubles of the mango people in India.

·        Asterix (1959) The famous French cartoon follows the exploits of a French village as they oppose roman captives. The interesting part? The puns and the tongue-in-cheek humour.

·        Richie Rich (1960) Haven’t we all dreamt of becoming Richie Rich one day? The boy with the sprawling mansion, a redhead girlfriend, his butler Cadbury and his dog dollar everyone loved. Don’t you miss him already?

·        Chacha Choudhary (1971) The old man with a red turban, white moustache and that giant man at his foot. Ring a bell? Don’t say it doesn’t! Humour was the basis of this cartoon. Every family has its own wise man; chacha ji was the wise man of his village. Oh! How I loved reading his books in dim lights on the long train rides.