The Kid, The Crown, and Buster Brown: Class Consciousness within Richard Outcault’s Newspaper Comic Strip Character The Yellow Kid (1895 to 1898)
Start Date
16-3-2024 11:45 AM
End Date
16-3-2024 1:00 PM
Description
This paper will explore class consciousness within Richard Outcault’s newspaper comic creation The Yellow Kid. After exploring the lower-class markings that make up The Yellow Kid’s appearance, this presentation will focus on the ways that The Yellow Kid embodies various class roles (spirit of the class, class commentator, and class agitator). Next, this presentation will do a deep dive into the class connotations from The Yellow Kid’s grand tour of Europe where he stops in Great Britain, sits on the English throne, and wears the English crown. Finally, this presentation will end considering the class connotations of Outcault’s decision to abandon The Yellow Kid for a more upper-class comic character, Buster Brown.
The Kid, The Crown, and Buster Brown: Class Consciousness within Richard Outcault’s Newspaper Comic Strip Character The Yellow Kid (1895 to 1898)
This paper will explore class consciousness within Richard Outcault’s newspaper comic creation The Yellow Kid. After exploring the lower-class markings that make up The Yellow Kid’s appearance, this presentation will focus on the ways that The Yellow Kid embodies various class roles (spirit of the class, class commentator, and class agitator). Next, this presentation will do a deep dive into the class connotations from The Yellow Kid’s grand tour of Europe where he stops in Great Britain, sits on the English throne, and wears the English crown. Finally, this presentation will end considering the class connotations of Outcault’s decision to abandon The Yellow Kid for a more upper-class comic character, Buster Brown.