Thanks for the discussion! But you overlooked the Victorian Age of comic books, which is widely considered the first age (1837 to 1897 or so). The Victorian Age of comic books is generally considered to have begun with the world’s first-ever sequential comic book, Histoire de Mr. Vieux Bois (also known as Les amours de Mr. Vieux Bois, or simply Mr. Vieux Bois). That was written in French in 1827 by Swiss writer/artist Rodolphe Töpffer, who is considered the inventor of the modern comic strip. That work actually started as a light-hearted distraction for his friends and family, but it was so popular he was persuaded to publish it. It was published by Töpffer in French in Geneva, Switzerland in 1837. That version was then pirated by Aubert, a publisher in Paris, in the late 1830s. Then, in 1841, this Aubert version was translated into English in London (again without Töpffer’s permission) as The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck, with a cover montage re-drawn by Robert Cruikshank (a renowned British caricaturist and illustrator) for British publisher Tilt & Bogue. This London version is the first-ever English-language comic book. That history is important because the plates of the 1841 London edition were used for a reprint in New York in a newspaper supplement printed by Winston & Co. titled Brother Jonathan Extra No. IX (September 14, 1842), which earned the distinction as the first-ever comic book published/printed in the United States. That of course preceded the Yellow Kid precedent in the United States. The 1842 version is interesting, but any discussion should start with the 1827 and 1841 editions just to capture the full rich history of this cool author and endearing character, Mr. OO! Mr. OO's enduring popularity resulted in many more editions published by Winston & Co., then Dick & Fitgerald, and others decades after its initial creation. Preeminent historian and scholar Scott McCloud did not hesitate to refer to Töpffer's as the father of the American comic book via Mr. OO. Referring to the Mr. Vieux Bois and Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck works as merely "sequential art" is a disservive to Töpffer's contribution to literature and ignores the prevailing view among historians and academics on this issue. All of this history is fascinating, and it is important to preserve the accuracy of this history.
It’s definitely a pre-age which I write about in my book. Those are proto-comic books so I don’t call it an actual age of comic books. My book goes into that, cheers
Extreme age basically influenced the filmic MCU with the Infinity/tesseract storyline impacting Capt America-Thor-Guardians of the Galaxy-Infinity Stone saga ... nite the interconnected serial aspect of each... and resulting financial gain of wanting to know what’s next
yeah - these "ages" were created by superhero fans- it is a historical fact that when comics were selling the best (1945-1955) superheroes were a minor part of comics. romance comics, horror comics, western comics, every variety of comic book- now the public associates comics with superheroes...its a shame..
Id seen that a prior comment mentions the proto comics u mention that are in the book and I’ve read the first chapter or two so I’m sure like u said, not everything will be here, but for the most part one could use these videos and the book hand in hand?
Jonah Hex is clearly an example of bronze age dark heroe! What are your favorite runs of Jonah Hex. Didn't cartoons in the 90 - 09 feed young readers into the hobby by introducing characters especially obscure ones say in Batman the brave and the bold?
VO: "And all of a sudden we have a whole slew of successful comic book movies" B-Roll images show not one but TWO Fantastic Four movie posters in the center. Yikes.
Nice recap, but the Movie Age had an infancy earlier than Blade. Did you really forget Superman with Christopher Reeve (1978) or Batman with Michael Keaton (1989), just to mention 2? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superhero_film
Great films that we discuss here, but they didn’t start off an age of similar movies that went back and changed the entire industry. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-3Sfnx99tDW8.html
