HIGH ART HIPOCRISY: Intersections of Cartoons and Fine Art Main Menu Introduction The Birth of the Newspaper Comics: Taking Over the Sunday Supplement The 1913 Armory Show Showtime! New York City, Chicago, and Boston The Critiques and The Comics The Pop Art Movement, Roy Lichtenstein, and Comic Books Deconstructing Perspectives of Lichtenstein’s Work: Pro-Appropriation or Pro-Cartoonist? The Rise of 1940s Comic Books in the Late 20th Century Comics in Museums The MoMA “High and Low” Show Art Spiegelman’s Response to MoMA High and Low Comics in Museums Today Abstract Comics Cora's Curation of Abstract Comics Conclusion References

Comics in the Early 1900s

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            Many long-lasting and world-famous comic strips arose in the 1900s and 1910s, including: 

1902: Richard F. Outcault debuts Buster Brown. 


1904: Jimmy Swinnerton debuts Little Jimmy in the New York Journal. 


1904: Winsor McCay debuts Dream of the Rarebit Fiend in the Evening Telegram. 

1905: Winsor McCay debuts Little Nemo in Slumberland in the New York Herald. It ran until 1926. 

1907: Bud Fisher debuts Mutt and Jeff. It ran until 1983. 

1910: George Herriman debuts a cat and mouse in the The Dingbat Family. Three years later, these characters will evolve into Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse. 

1913: George Herriman debuts Krazy Kat. 

          While these comics artists began to make serious advancements in their craft, something interesting was brewing just under the surface. Multiple events within the world of fine art would soon cause a huge chain of events that altered the intersection of comic illustrations and fine art forever. We shall start with discussing one of the most important events in modern art history: The 1913 Armory Show. 

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