▁William ▁Hog arth ' s ▁ 1 8 th - century ▁sequ ential ▁eng rav ings , ▁amongst ▁others . ▁ ▁English - language ▁com ics ▁ ▁Illustr ated ▁hum our ▁period ical s ▁were ▁popular ▁in ▁ 1 9 th - century ▁Britain , ▁the ▁earliest ▁of ▁which ▁was ▁the ▁short - l ived ▁The ▁Glasgow ▁Looking ▁G lass ▁in ▁ 1 8 2 5 . ▁ ▁The ▁most ▁popular ▁was ▁P unch , ▁which ▁popular ized ▁the ▁term ▁cart oon ▁for ▁its ▁hum orous ▁car ic atures . ▁ ▁On ▁occasion ▁the ▁cart o ons ▁in ▁these ▁mag az ines ▁appeared ▁in ▁sequences ; ▁the ▁character ▁Al ly ▁Slo per ▁featured ▁in ▁the ▁earliest ▁serial ized ▁com ic ▁strip ▁when ▁the ▁character ▁began ▁to ▁feature ▁in ▁its ▁own ▁week ly ▁magazine ▁in ▁ 1 8 8 4 . ▁ ▁American ▁com ics ▁developed ▁out ▁of ▁such ▁mag az ines ▁as ▁P uck , ▁Judge , ▁and ▁Life . ▁ ▁The ▁success ▁of ▁illustrated ▁hum our ▁supp lement s ▁in ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁World ▁and ▁later ▁the ▁New ▁York ▁American , ▁particularly ▁Out ca ult ' s ▁The ▁Y ellow ▁Kid , ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁development ▁of ▁newspaper ▁com ic ▁stri ps . ▁ ▁Early ▁Sunday ▁stri ps ▁were ▁full - page ▁and ▁often ▁in ▁colour . ▁ ▁Between ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁and ▁ 1 9 0 1 ▁cart oon ists ▁experiment ed ▁with ▁sequ ential ity , ▁movement , ▁and ▁speech ▁bal lo ons . ▁A ▁north worth y