First photo on the left by Szilas, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Traijan%27s_Column_2013-2.jpg} • Second photo on the upper left corner by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0> , via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roma_1000_17.jpg} • Second photo on the lower left corner ("Major battle against the Dacians, scene XL"; "Flight of the Dacians into the mountains, scene XLI") by Conrad Cichorius, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:032_Conrad_Cichorius,_Die_Reliefs_der_Traianss%C3%A4ule,_Tafel_XXXII.jpg } • Black & white photo originally uploaded by Sailko at Italian Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonna_traiana,_suicidio_di_decebalo.jpg} (Source: Ranuccio Banchi Bandinelli e Mario Torelli, L'arte dell'antichità classica, Etruria-Roma, Utet, Torino 1976) • Second photo on the right by FrDr, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Roma_1000_15.jpg} • First photo on the right by Gary Ullah from UK, CC BY 2.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0>, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colonna_Traiana,_Rome_(15049622187).jpg}
Bayeux Tapestry
First photo on the upper left corner (“The Bayeux Tapestry in its museum.”) by Supercarwaar, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayeux_Tapestry_in_the_museum.jpg} • Central photo on the upper tier (“Scene 19: siege of Dinan. The soldiers of William, Duke of Normandy attack the motte-and-bailey castle of Dinan. Conan II, Duke of Brittany surrenders and gives the keys to Dinan via a lance.”) by Myrabella, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayeux_Tapestry_scene19_Dinan.jpg} • First photo on the upper right corner (“Scene 43: Bishop Odo blesses the first banquet that Duke William and the Norman Barons hold on English soil. The bishop is recognisable by his tonsure and also by the fish in front of him.
Titulus: ET HIC EPISCOPUS CIBU[M] ET POTU[M] BENEDICIT - And here the bishop blesses the food and drink”) by Myrabella, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayeux_Tapestry_scene43_banquet_Odo.jpg} • First photo on the lower left corner (“Scene 23: Harold swearing oath on holy relics to William, Duke of Normandy”) by Myrabella, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayeux_Tapestry_scene23_Harold_oath_William.jpg} • Central photo on the lower tier (“Scene 57: the death of King Harold at the Battle of Hastings.
Titulus: HIC HAROLD REX INTERFECTUS EST - Here King Harold is slain”) by Myrabella, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayeux_Tapestry_scene57_Harold_death.jpg} • First photo on the lower right corner by Beat Ruest, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0>, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bayeux_Teppich_im_Museum.jpg} • Photo of the entirety of the Bayeux Tapestry uploaded by Antonsusi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Teppich_von_Bayeux.jpg} • The tapestry can be explored scene by scene on the Bayeux Tapestry Museum's website at: https://www.bayeuxmuseum.com/en/the-bayeux-tapestry/discover-the-bayeux-tapestry/explore-online/
Proto-comics
Pictures of "Histoire de M. Jabot" by Rodolphe Töpffer, Public Domain {{PD-US}}, from left to right: Picture I {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Album_de_M_Jabot.jpg}; Picture II {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Monsieur_Jabot.jpg}; Picture III {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jabot_p_11.jpg}; Picture IV {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jabot_1833_p_27.jpg}; Picture V {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Jabot_1860_p_27.jpg} • Picture of "A Harlot's Progress" by William Hogarth, CC0, from left to right: Picture I {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Harlot%27s_Progress,_Plate_1_MET_DP825199.jpg}; Picture II {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Harlot%27s_Progress,_Plate_2_MET_DP825202.jpg}; Picture III {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Harlot%27s_Progress,_Plate_3_MET_DP825203.jpg}; Picture IV {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Harlot%27s_Progress,_Plate_4_MET_DP825204.jpg}; Picture V {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Harlot%27s_Progress,_Plate_5_MET_DP825205.jpg}; Picture VI {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:A_Harlot%27s_Progress,_Plate_6_MET_DP825206.jpg} • Pictures of "Max und Moritz" by Wilhelm Busch, Public Domain {{PD-US}}, from left to right: Picture I {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_und_Moritz.JPG}; Picture II {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_und_Moritz_(Busch)_018.png}; Picture III {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_und_Moritz_(Busch)_032.png}; Picture IV {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_und_Moritz_(Busch)_057.png}; Picture V {https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Max_und_Moritz_(Busch)_083.png}
From proto-comics to Comics: The Yellow Kid (Outcault, 1894-1898)
Left image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Yellow_Kid_Indulges_In_A_Cockfight..._A_Waterloo.jpg; center: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Liftarn-Yellow-kid.svg; up right: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Yellow_Kid%27s_New_Phonograph_Clock.gif; bottom right: https://antiqueadvertising.com/free-antique-price-guide/comic-character/yellow-kid-gum-wrapper/
Early Comics Strips: Little Nemo in Slumberland (McCay, 1905-1914)
Left: In the Land of Wonderful Dreams, https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Little_Nemo_1912-01-28.jpg; centre: Ninth panel from In the Land of Wonderful Dreams comic strip episode by Winsor McCay, subtitled "Flip in the Land of the Antediluvians". First published 1913-09-21 (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winsor_McCay,_Little_Nemo_in_Slumberland_-_Climbing_the_Great_North_Pole,_1907,_NGA_142154.jpg); right: Little Nemo in Slumberland: Climbing the Great North Pole (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Winsor_McCay,_Little_Nemo_in_Slumberland_-_Climbing_the_Great_North_Pole,_1907,_NGA_142154.jpg)
Comic Books
First Image: EERIE Comics #1 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Eerie_Comics_No_1_Avon_second_version.jpg/640px-Eerie_Comics_No_1_Avon_second_version.jpg)
Second Image Classic Comics #26 (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/af/CC_No_26_Frankenstein_2.JPG/640px-CC_No_26_Frankenstein_2.JPG)
Third Image True Life Romance
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/True_Life_Romance_3.jpg/640px-True_Life_Romance_3.jpg)
Fourth Image Charleroi Station, Spirou et Fantasio
(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Charleroi_-_station_Janson_-_Spirou_et_Fantasio_-_01-Cropped.jpg/640px-Charleroi_-_station_Janson_-_Spirou_et_Fantasio_-_01-Cropped.jpg)
Three Prominent Underground Artists: Robert Crumb, Gilbert Shelton, and Trina Robbins
First image: Robert Crumb (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Robert_Crumb_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2014_2.JPG)
Second image: Gilbert Shelton (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gilbert_Shelton_-_Lucca_Comics_%26_Games_2014_1.JPG)
Third Image: Trina Robbins (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Trina_Robbins_2010.jpg)
1986 and the Rise of the Graphic Novel: Spiegelman, Miller, and Moore
Left: Art Spiegelman
(https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Art_Spiegelman_(2007).jpg);
centre: Frank Miller (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Frank_Miller.jpg);
right: Alan Moore (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alan_Moore_(2).jpg)