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GLASGOW: home of the River Clyde, Charles Rennie Mackintosh and... the comic book. The origins of the billion-dollar comic book industry have been traced back to a Glasgow publication from the early 19th century.
The Glasgow Looking Glass, first published in 1825, helped to spawn everything from Our Wullie's bucket to Batman's cape and cowl, according to a new documentary, Scotland's Amazing Comic Book Heroes, to be broadcast later this year.See the full content of this document
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How Comic Timing Was a Gift From Glasgow
Not only did the The Looking Glass, founded by John Watson, pioneer the use of "To Be Continued" - the sign of a comic strip according to experts - it also introduced "word balloons" to the literary canon.
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