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Wayback Wednesday: Katzen Zzz’s + Barnaby Quits Mr. O’Malley
The Origins of Zzzz In the 1890s, a distinctly American art form emerged: the comic strip. But artists quickly ran into a particular difficulty. Some comic characters’ hijinks required a sleeping victim for full comedic potential. But how could an artist convince the audience that a character was asleep and blissfully unaware instead of merely […]