Alice Does Some Plumbing

This Sunday comic strip follows Alice through a domestic mishap with burst pipes. The narrative unfolds across six panels: Alice is summoned to fix the plumbing, reassures her anxious employer, discovers the damage, attempts repairs, and culminates in a spectacular water explosion that drenches everyone present. The strip employs the visual conventions established in early newspaper comics—sequential panels, speech balloons, and a recurring protagonist—that became foundational to the medium. The exaggerated physical comedy and escalating chaos typify the slapstick humor favored in early 1900s comic strips, where domestic situations provided endless material for visual gags and comedic timing.