Abstract
This chapter traces the history of comics or komiks in Russia, from the earliest religious icon-making tradition to the rise of the lubok or woodblock print. It first looks at the use of icons in religion and the emergence of the first form of proto-comics in Russia. It then examines the influence of the lubok on avant-garde art, with reference to two major art movements of the prerevolutionary period: the World of Art of Alexander Benois and Sergei Diaghilev and the Russian Futurists. It also considers the role of World Art member Ivan Bilibin as the direct link between the lubok and Russian graphic art and comics of the twentieth century. Finally, the chapter discusses the rise of caricature and satirical journals as a result of the stark political changes brought about by the 1905 Revolution and its aftermath.
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