Popish Plot
In 1682 Francis Barlow made a series of etchings about the Popish Plot, "A True Narrative of the Horrid Hellish Popish Plot", picturing all the events in a chronological order with emphasis on Titus Oates and his eventual arrest. The work is an early example of a comic strip, where the characters use speech balloons and narration is told underneath each image. It combines a balloon comic with text comic format.