Bringing Up Father — buf370218

Two panels from McManus's long-running daily strip. Left: a large woman recounts how her aunt danced with Barry, who stepped on her foot and ended his dancing days. Right: a dense, exuberant crowd scene — circus parade characters, clowns, children, a dog — as the narrator laments that little Jimmy, once parade leader, has lost his role. McManus draws with confident, economical line work and packs the right panel with layered figures in depth. *Bringing Up Father*, launched in 1913, ran for decades and was among the first strips syndicated globally, helping establish the recurring-character daily strip as a commercial and narrative form. George McManus's fluid figure drawing and use of decorative pattern influenced a generation of cartoonists working in the newspaper page format that directly seeded the comic book industry.