Absentminded Augie Remembers Where He Put His Keys

This Sunday comic strip follows Augie's frantic search through his home and neighborhood for his misplaced keys. The narrative unfolds across six panels using sequential art to show cause and effect: Augie's growing alarm, his increasingly wild solutions (calling a locksmith, consulting a carpenter), and the physical comedy of his desperate movements. The strip employs speech balloons, distinct panel borders, and a recurring character in everyday situations—formal devices that newspapers had recently adopted from European sources and were still refining. By 1905, Sunday comics had become standard newspaper features, establishing visual storytelling conventions that would define the medium for decades.