The artistry of graphic novels and manuscripts is very similar, not only does the written text tease the reader, but the illustrations also act as significant eye-catchers. The correspondence between the visual and the written within these textual technologies greatly influences their reception. Specific and rather popular examples of the two technologies I will refer to are Watchmen and Ellesmere Chaucer respectively. To fully understand the reception of these texts, it is necessary to first recognize some basic information regarding their respective histories. The popularity of comics in the United States began to grow in the late 19th century, particularly with the comics of Richard F. Outcault. “The Yellow Kid,” a single-panel comic that gained incredible fame and eventually arguably lent its name to yellow journalism. Newspapers in the United States at the time were just beginning color printing, and Joseph Pulitzer's New York World was the best-known newspaper in the United States with color printing, as well as being the most prominent newspaper to feature comic strips, which they would appear in the Sunday paper. of each week. Not long after the initial popularity of "The Yellow Kid", William Randolph Hearst's recently acquired New York Journal "steals" Outcault from the World's staff (Quimby). Within a few years, comics appeared in numerous newspapers as publishers recognized their ability to help increase sales, and, in the 1930s, the first comic collections in book form were published. The creation and publication of Superman led to increased popularity of the medium, although for decades the mass opinion of comics was that they were intended for children and adolescents (Weiner). You... at the center of the paper...." Medieval Institute Publications, 1999. Web. 3 April 2012Couch, Chris. "The publication and formats of comics, graphic novels and tankobon." Online Image & Narrative. Image and narrative. , December 2000. Web. 2 April 2012. Dutschke, C.W. et al. "Guide to Medieval and Renaissance Manuscripts in the Huntington Library 2003. Web. Lev and Richard Lacayo. "All-TIME 100 Novels." Time Entertainment Time., October 16, 2005. Web, April 3, 2012. The Canterbury Tales. Web. "The lovely origins of yellow journalism." The Back Story. Web June 12, 2009. Radio.Trigg, Stephanie Congenial: Reading Chaucer from Medieval to Postmodern University of Minnesota Press, 2002. Web.Weiner, Stephen Faster than a Speeding Bullet: The Rise of the Graphic Novel, 2003. Web.