The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck

A single-issue curiosity from 1871, The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck is widely regarded as the first comic book ever published in the United States. Produced by the firm of Garrett, Dick & Fitzgerald, this pioneering work adapted Rodolphe Töpffer's earlier European picture-story, bringing sequential art to an American audience for the first time. Its historical significance as the foundational text of the American comic book industry makes it an essential artifact for any student of the medium.