Dear Little Katy

This Sunday comic strip follows an uncle's nightly struggle to put his young niece Katy to bed. The twelve-panel sequence uses sequential art to build comic momentum: the uncle's repeated attempts to leave the bedroom are thwarted by Katy's requests and calls, escalating into physical comedy as he rocks the crib, crawls across the floor, and finally surrenders to bedtime stories. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comics' visual storytelling—numbered panels, speech balloons, and a recognizable recurring character—establishing narrative rhythm through repetition and escalation rather than punchline-driven gags. Such domestic humor strips were staples of the Sunday funnies, helping establish the sequential panel as the fundamental unit of comic narrative.