Inside the Pages of the Oldest Comic in the World

Here’s a good pub quiz question: what was the world’s first comic?

Accompanying an 1825 piece on the grave-robbing problem. Looking Glass

Here’s a good pub quiz question: What was the world’s first comic?

If you’ve no idea, don’t feel too foolish. It wasn’t even recognized by experts until a few years ago and is still debatable today. But long before Viz, The Beano, Eagle, and even Punch, I can answer with reasonable confidence that the accolade goes to the Glasgow Looking Glass of 1825.

Issue 1 front cover. Looking Glass