Glasgow Looking Glass

A peculiar footnote in comics history, Glasgow Looking Glass is widely considered the first comic magazine, predating the medium's Victorian boom by decades. Published in 1826 by Richard Griffin and Co., this Scottish periodical ran for just two issues, using sequential illustrated panels to satirize the fashions and follies of Glasgow society. Its pioneering use of speech balloons and caricature makes it a landmark artifact for any student of the form's origins, however brief its run.