From the exhibition
The Diary of Snubs, Our Dog
· 1924

This strip follows Snubs the dog through encounters with other animals and household pets. The narrative unfolds across six panels using speech balloons and sequential art to advance a simple plot: Snubs meets a cat named Inky, learns about a playmate named Spoodle, and eventually encounters all three animals together. The strip employs the visual conventions emerging in 1920s newspaper comics—panel borders, interior monologue, and anthropomorphic animal characters with distinct personalities. Animal-centered humor strips proliferated in this era, offering accessible comedy through recurring canine protagonists. The hand-drawn linework and layout structure reflect the daily and Sunday page format that established the foundational grammar of comic narrative.
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