From the exhibition
Angelic Angelina
· October 18, 1908

This Sunday strip follows a young girl and her puppy through a series of physical mishaps. The narrative unfolds across six panels: a child persuades her mother to let the dog stay, then chaos erupts as furniture tumbles down stairs, the dog causes havoc indoors, and finally the girl attempts to make amends. The strip employs sequential art conventions—discrete panels, speech balloons, and motion lines—that were becoming standard in newspaper comics. The exaggerated slapstick and domestic setting reflect early 1900s comic strip humor, which drew audiences through recurring characters and situations published in the Sunday funny pages alongside serialized strips that would eventually define the comic book format.
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