The Diary of Snubs, Our Dog

This Sunday newspaper strip unfolds Snubs the dog's perspective on a day of domestic adventure. The narrative flows across six panels in a loose, naturalistic arrangement typical of early comics, mixing illustration with handwritten diary text. A boy tries unsuccessfully to bring Snubs indoors; later, Snubs encounters the Boss (another dog) absorbed in radio, then chases him into the yard. The two dogs quickly become companions despite initial wariness. When the Boss suddenly runs into the house, Snubs follows—and the boy speculates about what triggered the escape. The strip's humor derives from the dog's interior monologue and the gap between human and canine perception. Sequential narrative, speech balloons, and recurring characters were becoming standardized in newspaper comics by the 1920s, establishing visual conventions that would define the medium for decades.