History of the Graphic Novel by Lisa Warren March 2, 2011

First Comic Book

Jan 1, 1837

Rudolphe Töpffer creates the first known comic book, ""The Adventures of Obadiah Oldbuck".

Golden Age Begins

Jun 1, 1938

This year marks what experts believe is the Golden Age of comics where classics where made.

Superman!

Jun 2, 1938

Superman Home pageSuperman debuts in Action Comics #1

Batman!

May 1, 1939

Batman makes his debut in Detective Comics

First Published Comic by a Woman

Jun 19, 1940

Brenda Starr publishes the first comic strip written by a woman.

Archie Comics

Dec 1, 1942

Archie ComicsArchie Comics is released. It is the longest running comic book series to date Click the link for more on Archie Comics:

Comic Code Created

Mar 1, 1971

A Comic Code was created in order to ensure that comics maintained moral values and upheld certain genre expectations

First Graphic Novel

Jan 1, 1978

The Silver Surfer is released by Marvel Comics as the first work in graphic novel format

Watchmen

Mar 1, 1985

The Watchmen is released by DC Comics as the first series of graphic novels

Pulitzer Prize

Jan 1, 1992

The graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman wins the Pulitzer Prize

Citations

Mar 2, 2011

Images
Adria Garcia April 19 2008
http://www.flickr.com/photos/adriagarcia/468540791/sizes/z/in/photostream/
Shane Becker Feb. 10 2008
Ted Ehlers April 14 2007
David Marriott Jr Feb. 6 2008

http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/comics.htm
August 3, 2007- watchmen picture
Sites:
http://inventors.about.com/od/cstartinventions/a/comics.htm
http://www.dereksantos.com/comicpage/comicpage.html
http://www.diamondbookshelf.com/public/default.asp?t=1&m=1&c=20&s=164&ai=64513&ssd