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The Diary of Snubs, Our Dog

· 1925

The Diary of Snubs, Our Dog
A humorous strip narrated from a dog's perspective, following Snubs through backyard antics with children and other dogs. The comic employs sequential panels with handwritten captions below each scene—a common format for newspaper Sunday pages in the 1920s. Visual storytelling relies on clear action, expressive character poses, and simple line work to convey gags: a missed catch, repeated attempts, a rival dog's success, and the punchline observation that Snubs knows as much about playing ball as the neighborhood children. The strip exemplifies how early newspaper comics used recurring characters, readable composition, and reader-friendly humor to build daily circulation and establish visual conventions still used in comics today.

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