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Richard Felton Outcault (/ ˈ aʊ t k ɔː l t /; January 14, 1863 – September 25, 1928) was an American cartoonist. He was the creator of the series The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown and is considered a key pioneer of the modern comic strip.
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- September 25, 1928 (aged 65), Flushing, New York, U.S.
- January 14, 1863, Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.
Apr 1, 2024 · Richard Felton Outcault (born January 14, 1863, Lancaster, Ohio, U.S.—died September 25, 1928, Flushing, New York) was an American cartoonist and creator of The Yellow Kid, a comic cartoon series that was influential in the development of the comic strip.
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Learn about the life and work of Richard F. Outcault, one of the pioneers of the comic strip. He created 'The Yellow Kid', the first comic to feature speech balloons, and 'Buster Brown', the first to star a black character.
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Jan 14, 2016 · Richard F. Outcault, born this day in 1863, first put together what we would recognize as a modern comic strip in Hogan's Alley, better known as The Yellow Kid.
- Benito Cereno
— Richard F. Outcault, from a 1902 interview The Yellow Kid was a bald, snaggle-toothed, barefoot boy who wore an oversized yellow nightshirt and hung around in a slum alley typical of certain areas of squalor that existed in late 19th-century New York City.
- 17 February 1895
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Richard Felton Outcault was an American cartoonist. He was the creator of the series The Yellow Kid and Buster Brown and is considered a key pioneer of the modern comic strip.
Richard Felton Outcault was a gifted newspaper comic artist, painter, and sketcher, who combined his talents to pioneer the creation of the modern comic strip. He created the first recurring comic strip character in 1896, the "Yellow Kid" of Hogan's Alley. He also created Buster Brown in 1902.
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