Bringing Up Father — buf370529

Four panels trace a tight comic exchange: the tall, tuxedoed Jiggs encounters Slippery McGoo in what appears to be a hotel lobby, questions him about the time, and receives a watch—only to be told he can now check the time himself. The gag closes with a threat to steal the hall clock once the house detective departs. George McManus's draftsmanship is immediately recognizable: rounded, rubbery figures, bold ink outlines, and expressive hair-stand shock reactions. Launched in 1913, *Bringing Up Father* was among the longest-running King Features dailies and helped establish the recurring-character strip as a commercial and narrative institution—the direct ancestor of the comic-book anthology format that would crystallize by decade's end.