Comics' history and samples published in Turkish newspapers

Comics is known as a type of visual expression that accommodates many field of art. Comics is mostly compared with Literature in terms of language. It is also compared with Cinema in terms of using proper camera angles. The beginning of this field of art is aimed to increase newspaper's circulation. It continues on periodical publications and a lot of works in this field are turned into a screenplay. The same way was followed in Turkey and the first comics samples were begun to develop in newspapers. The common feature of comics popularized in Turkey is that they include heroic stories in terms of topic and their genres are generally historical. The beginning of comics in Turkish newspapers is regarded as the 1950s. Newspaper comics continued until the 1980s, and after 80s, comics were left to magazines and books in newspapers. The period in which the comics published in newspapers became most prevalent was between 1950-1975 years. Famous artists with historical heroic stories during this period are; Ratip Tahir Burak (Barbaros'un Son Seferi), Turhan Selçuk (Abdülcanbaz), Suat Yalaz (Karaoğlan), Ayhan Başoğlu (Malkoçoğlu), Sezgin Burak (Tarkan), Abdullah Turhan (Kara Murat), Yurdagün Göker (Batu'nun Maceraları), Bahattin Atak (Battal Gazi). Historical comics in Turkey have been examined with examples of cartoonists we consider in this study. Although interest in comics is ongoing by certain segments of society, it is not possible to see comics in newspapers. This thesis study aims that the comic book will come back to the newspapers again. This work is prepared for the oblivion of old comics Keywords: History of comics, comics published in newspapers, comics in Turkey, Barbaros'un Son Seferi, Abdülcanbaz, Karaoğlan, Malkoçoğlu, Tarkan, Kara Murat, Batu'nun Maceraları, Battal Gazi