Society Is Nix: Gleeful Anarchy at the Dawn of the American Comic Strip 1895-1915 Revised Edition

A revised and expanded edition of the Eisner-nominated book on the earliest American comics, with over 200 classic strips, by over 75 cartoonists: the “Founders of the Funnies.” These are the origins of the American comic strip, born at a time when there were no set styles or formats, when creators had the freedom to experiment, when artistic anarchy helped spawn a new medium. The few existing rules were broken, and new ones were created. Unique uses of layout and presentation of dialog and characters exploded on the pages in full color, showing new possibilities in graphic storytelling.