The Yellow Kid by R. F. Outcault is considered to be the first modern comic strip. The Yellow Kid, know also as Mickey Dougin, was an Irish immigrant living in the Lower East Side slums of New York. This street-wise urchin and his pals from Hogan's Alley took the whole country by storm at the end of the nineteenth century. Their rowdy and rambunctious adventures both entertained and delivered searing social commentary. Hugely popular, The Yellow Kid's smiling face and yellow nightshirt soon appeared across the nation - in Vaudeville, magazines, toys, and all kinds of household products.
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