Bobby Make-Believe

This Sunday strip follows young Bobby as he imagines himself commanding a submarine in a deep-sea battle against a giant octopus. The narrative unfolds across nine panels, tracking his fantasy encounter from initial confrontation through increasingly desperate combat. The artist uses bold black silhouettes for the octopus against lighter line work for Bobby and the underwater setting, creating stark visual contrast. Recurring character Bobby anchors the strip's appeal, while the adventure plot—a staple of early newspaper comics—drives reader engagement across multiple panels. The consistent panel grid and integration of speech balloons demonstrate the visual conventions that newspaper comic strips established as the foundation for modern sequential art.