Nostalgias of Britain

Comic Cuts - one of the world's first 'illustrated newspapers'

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Comic Cuts - one of the world's first 'illustrated newspapers'

The publication Comic Cuts launched in 1890, making it one of the world’s earliest 'illustrated newspapers', or comic books. It stood apart from its rivals because publisher Alfred Harmsworth undercut the business model of other comics, and would relentlessly advertise that it cost just one halfpenny (half the cost of other publications).

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