Boys Will Be Boys

This Sunday comic strip follows a classic newspaper formula: a doctor attempts to explain geography using a large globe, but the boys in his classroom have other ideas. The six-panel sequence captures escalating chaos—the globe becomes a plaything, spins wildly, and ultimately crashes as students scatter in comic disorder. The strip employs the visual vocabulary that newspaper comics had codified by 1909: sequential panels, speech balloons carrying dialogue, and a repeating cast of characters navigating schoolroom situations. The energetic pen work and slapstick humor reflect the Sunday pages' appeal to family audiences, while the setup—adult instruction versus boyish mischief—was a reliable structure for daily and weekly strips of the era.