Bud 'n' Bub: Early Types of Headdress

Ed Kressy's *Bud 'n' Bub* exemplifies the Sunday newspaper comic strip format that launched the modern comic book. The strip follows two child characters on an educational outing, learning about historical hairstyles from Ancient Greek to Roman to Egyptian to modern styles. Kressy employs the visual vocabulary that defined early comics: sequential panels, speech balloons, profile views for comparison, and recurring child protagonists. The strip moves seamlessly between past and present, using history lessons as narrative pretext for visual gags and character interaction. The clean linework and halftone printing reveal the technical standards of newspaper cartooning that directly influenced comic book production and helped establish panels and sequential art as a storytelling medium.