Cardie by Wood Cowan

A Sunday newspaper strip following a young woman navigating romantic misadventures and holiday social situations. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early comic storytelling: sequential panels advancing a continuous narrative, speech balloons carrying dialogue and interior monologue, and a cast of recurring characters. Cardie's humor derives from slapstick physical comedy and the complications of courtship—themes central to 1920s newspaper comics. The strip demonstrates how Sunday pages functioned as laboratory for the visual language that would anchor comic books: panel borders guiding eye movement, varied composition managing pacing, and character consistency across installments.