9 2 5 ▁popular ized ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁speech ▁bal lo ons ▁in ▁European ▁com ics , ▁after ▁which ▁Franco - Bel g ian ▁com ics ▁began ▁to ▁domin ate . ▁ ▁The ▁Advent ures ▁of ▁T int in , ▁with ▁its ▁signature ▁clear ▁line ▁style , ▁was ▁first ▁serial ized ▁in ▁newspaper ▁com ics ▁supp lement s ▁beginning ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 9 , ▁and ▁became ▁an ▁icon ▁of ▁Franco - Bel g ian ▁com ics . ▁ ▁Following ▁the ▁success ▁of ▁ ▁( 1 9 3 4 – 4 4 ), ▁dedicated ▁com ics ▁mag az ines ▁and ▁full - col our ▁com ic ▁albums ▁became ▁the ▁primary ▁out let ▁for ▁com ics ▁in ▁the ▁mid - 2 0 th ▁century . ▁ ▁As ▁in ▁the ▁US , ▁at ▁the ▁time ▁com ics ▁were ▁seen ▁as ▁infant ile ▁and ▁a ▁threat ▁to ▁culture ▁and ▁liter acy ; ▁comment ators ▁stated ▁that ▁" none ▁bear ▁up ▁to ▁the ▁slight est ▁serious ▁analysis ", ▁and ▁that ▁com ics ▁were ▁" the ▁sab ot age ▁of ▁all ▁art ▁and ▁all ▁literature ". ▁ ▁In ▁the ▁ 1 9 6 0 s , ▁the ▁term ▁ ▁(" dra wn ▁stri ps ") ▁came ▁into ▁wide ▁use ▁in ▁French ▁to ▁denote ▁the ▁medium . ▁ ▁Cart oon ists ▁began ▁creating ▁com ics ▁for ▁m ature ▁aud ien ces , ▁and ▁the ▁term ▁" N inth ▁Art " ▁was ▁co ined , ▁as ▁com ics ▁began ▁to ▁attract ▁public ▁and ▁academic ▁attention ▁as ▁an ▁art form