The Adventures of Patsy — An Old Score

This newspaper comic strip follows the misadventures of Patsy, a young woman whose scheming sets off a chain reaction of chaos. The four-panel sequence demonstrates classic comic timing: exposition (Patsy's scheme involving Mr. Wiggs and missing shirts), reaction and consequence (Wiggs's indignation), escalation (arrival in the neighborhood), and physical comedy (a tumbling climax). The strip exemplifies the visual language developed in early newspaper comics—speech balloons, sequential panels advancing narrative, and exaggerated expressions conveying emotion instantly. Recurring characters and episodic gags made such strips ideal for daily serialization, establishing formats that would become foundational to the emerging comic book medium.