Every picture tells a story....

May 18, 2007 5:25 AM

The Evolution of Modern Speech balloons (in painting and caricature). One small part of Andy's Early Comics Archive.
posted by anastasiav (10 comments total)

Brilliant, thank you!!!
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 5:35 AM on May 18, 2007

Some of this was covered in Scott McCloud's brilliant Comics trilogy. Not as many examples, but with more discussion of the details.
posted by DU at 5:38 AM on May 18, 2007

Looks like this was posted before, but the site has changed.
posted by greasepig at 5:50 AM on May 18, 2007

So when are they going to make a movie of Horrid Hellish Popish-Plot?
posted by languagehat at 7:04 AM on May 18, 2007 [1 favorite]

Gosh!
posted by doctorschlock at 7:25 AM on May 18, 2007

Neat!
posted by caddis at 8:03 AM on May 18, 2007

awesome!
posted by carmen at 8:17 AM on May 18, 2007

I'm pretty sure the Yellow Kid is a demon from Hell that has plagued my nightmares for years.
posted by quin at 12:24 PM on May 18, 2007

Cool!
posted by Many bubbles at 9:09 PM on May 18, 2007

Sweet!
posted by speicus at 9:31 PM on May 18, 2007