Dolly the Drummer

Fred Morgan's *Dolly the Drummer* follows a young woman navigating high society through wit and ambition. This Sunday page demonstrates the formal panel structure and speech balloon conventions that defined 1920s newspaper comics. The narrative unfolds across nine panels with consistent character placement and scene transitions—a visual language still foundational to comics today. Morgan's strip exemplifies how Sunday pages in major newspapers became the primary venue for serialized character comedy, establishing recurring plots and social situations that would later influence early comic books. The strip's reliance on dialogue-driven gags and situational humor reflects the popularity of comedy strips during the Jazz Age.