Bringing Up Father — buf401007

George McManus launched *Bringing Up Father* in 1913, running it for decades as one of the most widely syndicated comic strips in the world. This daily strip follows the eternal domestic war between the nouveau-riche Jiggs, in his trademark top hat and checked suit, and his imperious wife Maggie. Here Jiggs commiserates with a friend about marital defeat, confessing he lacks the willpower to answer Maggie back; the friend counters he has a tonic that will transform Jiggs into furniture-throwing boldness — until a stylish woman walks by and Jiggs pivots entirely. McManus's clean brushwork, rounded characters, and rhythmic four-panel timing exemplify the newspaper daily strip form that directly seeded the first comic books, which reprinted such strips before original content emerged in the 1930s.