From the exhibition
The Diary of Snubs, Our Dog
· 1925

This Sunday strip presents a dog's-eye view of household mischief through six sequential panels, each captioned with Snubs's observations. The narrative moves from breakfast promises of good behavior through escalating chaos: the dog follows delivery men inside, investigates their packages, and ultimately shreds paper and twine across the sitting room. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics—recurring canine character, speech balloons, panel borders dividing time and action, and comic exaggeration. Human figures appear in various scales relative to the action, while Snubs remains the visual and narrative anchor. This casual domestic humor and pet-centered perspective typified the Sunday funnies that preceded and shaped the comic book medium.
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