Bringing Up Father — buf370804

Four horizontal panels follow Jiggs, the social-climbing Irish-American husband, as he schemes to protect the new butler — an expert at corned beef and cabbage — from being fired by his imperious wife Maggie. The gag pivots neatly: Maggie insists on dismissing the man, then, learning her social rival Mrs. Van Dorling covets him, reverses course entirely and will even raise his salary to keep the cook away from a neighbor she despises. George McManus launched *Bringing Up Father* in 1913, running it until his death in 1954. Its cross-hatched Art Nouveau linework, expressive silhouettes, and recurring domestic battle made it one of King Features' most syndicated properties — a direct ancestor of the comic-book page format that would crystallize in the late 1930s.