Betty

C. A. Voight's *Betty* follows a young woman through domestic misadventures as a servant in a wealthy household. This Sunday strip exemplifies the visual vocabulary of early newspaper comics: sequential panels with speech balloons advancing a narrative, recurring characters in familiar settings, and slapstick humor. The strip demonstrates how the Sunday funny pages of the 1910s–20s established comics as a distinct medium, using panel borders, perspective shifts, and visual gags to guide readers through time and action. *Betty* was among hundreds of daily and Sunday strips that preceded the pulp comic book format, establishing the grammar and commercial model that would define the medium.