Bringing Up Father — buf410726

George McManus's *Bringing Up Father* follows Jiggs, a newly wealthy Irish-American, and his socially ambitious wife Maggie. In this Sunday page, Jiggs fakes illness to dodge the opera; Maggie calls the doctor, who orders bed rest — then escorts Maggie to the opera himself, leaving Jiggs alone. The final panels reverse the joke: the doctor flirts openly while Jiggs, cornered, gets a frank diagnosis. McManus's line is fluid and decorative, his women drawn with exaggerated elegance, his men rubbery and expressive. Launched in 1913, *Bringing Up Father* was among the first strips to develop consistent recurring characters and sustained domestic comedy across decades, directly shaping the anthology format that became the comic book.