In October 1907, Mr. Skygack, From Mars made its debut as a comic strip illustated by A. D. Condo and produced/written by Fed Schaefer. Despite being a mostly single panel comic strip, Mr. Skygack was syndicated throughout multiple newspapers leading to a wider audience. The comic was about an extraterrestial named Mr. Skygack who would observe "Earth-beings" while meticulously taking notes. It also marked the first feature of an extraterrestial in comics history. Read more about it!

The information in this guide focuses on primary source materials found in the digitized historic newspapers from the digital collection Chronicling America.

The timeline below highlights important dates related to this topic and a section of this guide provides some suggested search strategies for further research in the collection.