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HISTORY OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL

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1) The first illustrated stories created by humans were painted on ____rock________.


2) Early comics were called ___plups________ because they were printed on low grade paper.
3) Comics were first invented in the _____19 century / US_________.
4) The original names for comics in newspapers was ________ funny pages_________.
5) In New York, many original comic book artists were the children of __________ immigrants.
6) Superman, a ___refugee_______ with ____________, struck a chord with Jews in the 1930s.
7) In the old days, a comic book artist had to ___write letter ____, ___design___, ___draw__, and
__paint____ with equal skill.
8) In the 1950s, comic creators were accused of being ____conmi_______, _____pervert______, and
__________.
9) In the 1950s many comics were __________ or went ______underground______.
10) Many 1950s kids who read comics grew up in the 1970s to become _____ ______ themselves,
and used comics to push the boundaries of ___personal____ ____expresses_____.
11) Will Eisner, inspired by these younger artists, began creating __new__ ______ ___books___ based
on his own life story.

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