The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck

The Adventures of Mr. Obadiah Oldbuck: the English edition of Rodolphe Töpffer’s Histoire de M. Vieux Bois (1837), often called the first comic book published in America (1842). The lovesick Mr. Oldbuck pursues his “beloved object” through duels, rivals, monasteries, failed suicides and endless mishaps, told in panels with captions under each picture. A founding work of the comic strip. Wilson and Company, New York edition, English. Suitable for all ages (slapstick period comedy). Public domain.