The Diary of Snubs, Our Dog

This comic strip follows Snubs, a dog whose perspective frames a narrative about children visiting a circus. The strip employs sequential panels with speech balloons to unfold the story: children gather at a circus sign, debate which animal the dog "boss" will claim, and ultimately Snubs asserts ownership over the elephant after observing the spectacle. The visual grammar—multiple panels advancing a single narrative, hand-lettered captions beneath images, and recurring character—reflects the newspaper comic strip form that emerged in the early 20th century. Animal narrators and child characters were common subjects in Sunday supplements and dailies, which served as laboratories for developing the visual and narrative conventions that would define American comics.