From the exhibition
Bobby's Christmas Dream, Chapter 6—Another Passenger
· 1920s

This Sunday comic strip follows Bobby and his companions on a fantastical Christmas journey. The narrative unfolds across four panels using sequential art conventions—speech balloons, close and distant framing, and clear panel borders—that became foundational to comic storytelling. A character insists the group must make a stop, while another passenger boards their magical vehicle. The strip employs visual slapstick and dialogue-driven humor typical of newspaper comics of the era. Recurring characters and ongoing plot threads kept readers returning to the funny pages, establishing the serialized narrative structure that would define the medium and eventually lead to the comic book format.
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