Platinum Age of Comic Books
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The Platinum Age of Comic Books refers to the early, pre–Golden Age period of comics history, when modern comic books were first emerging from newspaper strips and experimental formats in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
era of comic books
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historical period ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
early comic book era
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pre–Golden Age of Comic Books ⓘ |
| basedOn | newspaper comic strips ⓘ |
| country |
United Kingdom
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United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| endTime | early 20th century ⓘ |
| field |
comics history
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popular culture history ⓘ |
| follows | Victorian era of illustrated humor periodicals ⓘ |
| genre |
adventure comics
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children’s comics ⓘ humor comics ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
emergence of modern comic book form
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experimental formats ⓘ pre–Golden Age ⓘ transition from newspaper strips to comic books ⓘ |
| includesForm |
comic pamphlets
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comic strip reprint books ⓘ humor magazines ⓘ |
| influenced |
Golden Age of Comic Books
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development of comic book format ⓘ syndicated newspaper strips ⓘ |
| mainMedium | print ⓘ |
| notableCharacter |
Buster Brown
NERFINISHED
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Little Nemo NERFINISHED ⓘ The Katzenjammer Kids NERFINISHED ⓘ The Yellow Kid NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableCreator |
Richard F. Outcault
NERFINISHED
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Rudolph Dirks NERFINISHED ⓘ Winsor McCay NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notablePublisher |
DC Thomson
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Dell Publishing NERFINISHED ⓘ Eastern Color Printing NERFINISHED ⓘ McClure Syndicate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Ally Sloper’s Half Holiday
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Comic Cuts NERFINISHED ⓘ Famous Funnies: A Carnival of Comics NERFINISHED ⓘ The Funnies (1929) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Yellow Kid in McFadden’s Flats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
history of American comics
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history of British comics ⓘ |
| precedes | Golden Age of Comic Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| startTime | late 19th century ⓘ |
| subjectOf |
comics scholarship
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histories of comic books ⓘ |
| typicalFormat |
pulp-style comic booklets
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reprinted newspaper strips in booklet form ⓘ tabloid-sized comic sections ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.