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A History of the Comics A History of the Comics
GENRE by Linda Cave
Informational text gives Do you read the funnies in the paper?
facts and examples about a They have been popular for more than
topic. one hundred years. They tell stories with
words and pictures, and new episodes
TEXT FOCUS appear each day. Assuming you read
comics, you know they can be funny.
A timeline marks the sequence Sometimes they feature adventures or
of important events in a period political issues. Some comics
of history or other span of time. are in books, too.
It shows how events in history
are related. Development of Comics
1907: Daily comics
1896: Yellow Kid 1934: Flash Gordon
1900 1920
1897: Speech balloons; 1933: First comic books
story panels
498 ELA RI.5.3, RI.5.10
