Binnacle Jim's Halloween Yarn

A nine-panel Sunday strip following the misadventures of Binnacle Jim and his crew. The narrative unfolds through sequential action: a Halloween prank involving a pumpkin goes awry when parrot droppings spoil the scheme, leading to slapstick chaos as characters tumble through decks and cabins. The strip employs the visual vocabulary that defined early newspaper comics—multiple tiers, varied panel sizes, speech balloons, and recurring characters in maritime settings. Action lines and exaggerated poses convey movement and comedy across the grid. Published during the formative years when Sunday newspaper pages became the testing ground for visual storytelling that would shape the emerging medium of comic books.