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Outcault began as a technical illustrator for Thomas Edison and as a comic artist for the humor magazines Judge and Life as well as other small circulation publications. When Joseph Pulitzer chose to experiment with a color supplement to his national newspaper, the Sunday World in 1894, he included Outcault's first "Yellow Kid" cartoon. On May 5, 1895, the first color comics section made its debut in that paper with a large, single panel cartoon by Outcault on the front page entitled "Hogan's Alley", later to be named "The Yellow Kid".
Outcault was the first to have the intellect and artistic ability to see and depict New York City as many of its residents did, and to be able to present it to them in a manner that made them laugh. Outcault has often been called "The Father of the American Comic Strip"
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