Always Take Papa's Advice

This Sunday comic strip by Wheelan follows a father's poker game advice to his son, which spirals into comedic disaster. The narrative unfolds across six panels with escalating consequences: a card game with friends, a late-night poker game, and ultimately a chaotic magical performance gone wrong. The strip employs established visual conventions—speech balloons, sequential panel layout, and expressive figure work—that were becoming standard in newspaper comics. By 1916, the Sunday funny pages had become essential to newspaper circulation, with artists developing the visual language and recurring character types that would define the emerging comic book medium.