From the exhibition
Cap Stubbs—Yes—Where's Sammy?
· July 10, 1918

This Sunday strip follows Cap Stubbs and his gang of boys through six panels of escalating chaos as they search for their missing friend Sammy. The narrative unfolds through sequential art: children discussing their plans, riding bikes and pushing a cart, tumbling through increasingly wild scenes, and finally discovering Sammy in a tank at the strip's conclusion. Drawn in the energetic line style of early newspaper comics, the strip employs speech balloons, expressive figure work, and sight gags typical of children's adventure humor. Cap Stubbs exemplifies the Sunday newspaper comic format that directly preceded comic books—serialized visual storytelling with recurring characters that built reader loyalty and established the visual and narrative conventions foundational to the medium.
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