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Cartoons originated in Europe.

Cartoons as an art form first originated in Europe. In modern Europe, there were two important historical conditions that prompted the emergence of cartoons: First, the development of the buds of capitalism strengthened the power of the citizen class and led to major changes in the social structure. Secondly, since the Renaissance movement, free and open artistic concepts have begun to be accepted by society.

The interaction of these two conditions caused traditional painting to step down from the altar of the Middle Ages and become increasingly close to the aesthetic trends of the common people, providing a social basis for the emergence of simple and traditional cartoons. At the same time, as a means for citizens to express their demands, cartoons have also been given broader political connotations.

Cartoon Empire:

In the first half of the twentieth century, the development level of American cartoon art was in a leading position in the world. There is no doubt that this leadership is all-round.

As early as 1840, DC Johnston Company in Boston published a single-page illustrated magazine called "Cresper", which may be the earliest cartoon to appear in the United States. Since then, with the continuous influx of European immigrants, cartoon art originally popular in Europe also began to arrive in the United States.

In 1880, American newspaper tycoon Pulitzer added a Sunday special edition to his New York World newspaper and added a cartoon column. Soon thereafter, another newspaper giant, Hearst, also began regularly publishing cartoons in his own publications such as New York Magazine and American Humor.

This means that the role of cartoons in increasing the circulation of newspapers and periodicals has been widely recognized. The strong intervention of the above-mentioned two major newspapers undoubtedly injected a booster injection into the American cartoon, which was still in its infancy. Since then, the development of American cartoon has entered the fast lane.