Series of drawings that read as a narrative, arranged together on the page of a newspaper, magazine, or book.
In the 1890s several U.S. newspapers featured weekly drawings that were funny, but without indicated speech. In 1897 Rudolph Dirks's Katzenjammer Kids , in the New York Journal , featured humorous strips containing words presumably spoken by the characters. Soon speeches in balloons appeared in other cartoon s, arranged in a series to form a strip. The comic strip arrived at its maturity in 1907 with Bud Fisher's Mutt and Jeff , which appeared daily in the San Francisco Chronicle . Important later comic-strip artists include George Herriman , Al Capp , Walt Kelly , and Charles Schulz . See also comic book .