Bringing Up Father — buf370106

Four panels by George McManus follow the strip's signature gag structure: a woman in theatrical costume is told her neighbors opposed her New York stage ambitions; a pompous bank president draws down accounts by dressing for departure; a man shaves while a child watches, the dog's scratching indistinguishable from the racket; finally, a crowd of relatives floods the staircase, eager to glimpse the visiting 'city drummer.' McManus's cross-hatched linework, exaggerated silhouettes, and tightly lettered caption boxes represent the daily-strip grammar—recurring cast, cumulative embarrassment, punchline in the final panel—that newspaper syndicates exported worldwide from the 1910s onward, directly shaping the anthology reprint pamphlets that became comic books.