Bringing Up Father — buf370705

George McManus launched *Bringing Up Father* in 1913, and it ran continuously for decades, making Jiggs and Maggie among the most recognized figures in newspaper syndication. This four-panel daily follows Jiggs's frantic search for the missing dog Fifi to distract a weeping Maggie, who comforts herself on a sofa while Jiggs sits close, promising phonograph music — only for the final panel to land its punchline: biscuits for husbands in the doghouse, met with a startled "WOW." McManus's crisp brushwork, expressive silhouettes, and elegant Art Deco costuming distinguish his line from contemporaries. Daily strips like this one — syndicated coast to coast — provided the page-length narrative sequences that early comic-book publishers simply reprinted, making the newspaper comic strip the direct ancestor of the American comic book format.