Boys Will Be Boys

This Sunday newspaper strip follows a group of boys through mischief and adventure across six panels. The narrative unfolds through sequential art: boys plan a prank, execute it, face consequences, and navigate domestic and outdoor situations. The strip employs the visual conventions that had become standard by 1909—regular panel divisions, speech balloons, and a recurring cast of characters whose personalities drive the humor. Newspaper comics of this era established the formal language of the medium: panel borders controlling time and space, expressive line work conveying action and emotion, and dialogue integrated with image. These Sunday pages and daily strips were the direct ancestors of the modern comic book.