Bringing Up Father — buf370630

Four panels follow Jiggs, the nouveau-riche Irishman in top hat and ill-fitting tuxedo, as he walks a tiny, comically inadequate dog. Spotting a society acquaintance, he ducks away too late; the final panel reveals the acquaintance dragging an absurd menagerie of pets, puncturing any pretension on both sides. George McManus launched *Bringing Up Father* in 1913, running it for decades as one of King Features' flagship dailies. McManus's draftsmanship is distinctive: bold ink outlines, decorative Art Nouveau flourishes on backgrounds, and expressive figure silhouettes. His speech balloons and recurring cast helped standardize the visual conventions that comic-book artists would inherit wholesale — panel rhythm, character consistency, the sight gag resolved in a closing beat.