probably Gilbert Shelton who none of us have heard of
first comic is meant to be Ali Sloper's Bazaar 1889
or was until they found an earlier 1d
( or wun punts as some say now)
GS pioneered various tecnics now er lauded such as |Frames merging into others - arrows to show the flow around the page
and such things as Freddie in one frame helping himself to a plate off biccies in another
one of the family does this ( it has a technical name - frame designer, illustrator some goddam noun)