Bringing Up Father — buf400722

Four panels follow Jiggs, the pug-nosed social-climber in checkered vest and slippers, as he discovers a third-floor window left open in the rain. He consults Maggie, his imperious wife, who deflects to 'Ask Jarvis.' The payoff: Maggie left the window open hoping Lord Konk — apparently a cat — might climb back in. McManus's clean ink line, expressive silhouettes, and efficient balloon placement exemplify the visual shorthand he helped standardize across American newspaper strips from 1913 onward. *Bringing Up Father* ran for nearly a century, its domestic comedy strip format — recurring cast, cliffhanger gags, Sunday full-page and daily half-page editions — directly shaping the anthology reprint pamphlets that became the first true comic books in the early 1930s.