What was the first cartoon to be published in an American newspaper?
The first newspaper cartoon was “Join or Die”. It was designed by Benjamin Franklin and published in the Pennsylvania Gazette on May 9, 1754. “It depicted a snake cut up into segments representing South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, and New England”. Source: Famous First Facts: A Record of First Happenings, Discoveries, and Inventions in American History, 1997, p.404, Joseph Nathan Kane, 031.
