From the exhibition
Bunny Bright, He's All-Right
· 1906

This newspaper comic strip follows the misadventures of an anthropomorphic rabbit and his woolly companion. Across six panels, Bunny forgets his house keys, consults Mr. Ram for ideas, then attempts an increasingly painful series of self-inflicted mishaps—headbutts, tumbles, and collisions—in hopes of breaking into his own home. The strip exemplifies early-1900s comic narrative: recurring characters, sequential panel progression, and escalating physical comedy. Such strips populated Sunday newspaper supplements and daily editions, establishing visual conventions—speech balloons, motion lines, expressive animal characters—that became foundational to twentieth-century comics.
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