The Yellow Kid

In 1995, Kitchen Sink Press collected the pioneering work of R. F. Outcault in a single issue, gathering the earliest American newspaper comic strips starring the Yellow Kid. Bill Blackbeard curated this volume, presenting the landmark Sunday pages that defined the late 1890s and helped launch the modern comic strip. This series matters as a vital archive of the medium’s formative years, preserving the chaotic, streetwise humor that made the Yellow Kid a pop-culture phenomenon.