Billy Bounce

Billy Bounce follows a mischievous dog and his human companion through six sequential panels of physical comedy and wordless action. The strip employs panel borders and consistent character design—visual conventions that newspapers were still standardizing in the early 1900s. Below, an "Indian Rubber Band" sequence shows the dog's elastic transformations, a running gag built on the character's rubber-like properties. This strip exemplifies the Sunday funnies format that emerged in newspapers of the period, where serialized humor and recurring characters built reader loyalty. Such strips established the visual grammar of comics: panel progression, character continuity, and slapstick timing translated into static images—foundational techniques that would define the medium.