Buster Brown: The Club Resolution

A single large illustration shows Buster Brown — the round-faced boy in his signature wide-brimmed hat, Eton collar, and buckled shoes — standing beside his bulldog Tige before a posted resolution declaring love for all friends despite unanswered letters. The accompanying text solicits boys aged 6–12 to form a "Buster Brown Club." R. F. Outcault's creation had already made him famous through *The Yellow Kid*; with Buster he refined the formula of a middle-class mischief-maker whose escapades end in a moralizing resolution. Outcault's recurring characters, consistent visual design, and Sunday-page format were foundational moves in establishing the comic strip as a mass medium — the direct ancestor of the comic book.