Alice's Adventures in Funnyland

This Sunday comic strip follows Alice and Policeman Casey through a physical comedy sequence involving a bathtub and repeated dunking. The narrative unfolds across six panels in a grid layout, using sequential art to build gag momentum. Speech balloons carry dialogue and internal monologue, while detailed crosshatching creates depth and shadow. The strip demonstrates early comics' reliance on slapstick and character-driven humor—recurring figures like Alice and Casey anchor reader engagement across installments. Published during the newspaper Sunday supplement boom, strips like this helped establish visual conventions: panel borders as temporal markers, balloon placement for pacing, and exaggerated poses for comedic effect. The format bridged nineteenth-century newspaper serialization and twentieth-century comic books, training readers to follow narrative through sequential images.