Bringing Up Father — buf400120

Four panels follow Jiggs and Maggie through a quick comic reversal: Jiggs shivers through Washington en route to Florida, celebrates the warm escape, then learns Maggie has scrapped the Florida reservations in favor of the Saint Paul Winter Carnival—skiing and sleighing. McManus closes on Maggie, imperious in furs, announcing they fly tomorrow. George McManus launched *Bringing Up Father* in 1913, making it one of the longest-running American strips. His line is confident and decorative—bold outlines, patterned dresses, expressive silhouettes—reflecting his early training in theatrical poster art. Sunday strips like this one were the direct commercial precursors to the comic book format, syndicating visual narrative grammar—sequential panels, integrated speech balloons, recurring cast—to millions of readers simultaneously.