Bringing Up Father — buf420308f

George McManus's long-running domestic strip follows Jiggs, a nouveau-riche Irishman, and his socially ambitious wife Maggie. In this Sunday page, Maggie prepares for a party by forcing Jiggs to cram the household's accumulated clutter into a closet; the door barely holds. Guests admire the spotless parlor — until the closet bursts, burying everyone in junk. McManus drew in a distinctively elegant Art Nouveau line, curling hair and decorative flourishes contrasting with slapstick chaos. Launched in 1913, *Bringing Up Father* was among the first strips to develop a consistent cast across years of daily and Sunday pages — the very format that publishers would collect into pamphlets, directly originating the American comic book.