Etta Kett by Paul Robinson

A daily strip following the romantic misadventures of Etta Kett, a young woman navigating dating and social life. Here, a mishap with her boyfriend's car sets off a chain of physical comedy: a broken fender, an accidental cut to Etta's face, and a dramatic dash to the hospital. Robinson employs the essential grammar of newspaper comics—sequential panels, speech balloons, and expressive linework—to build gags across four frames. *Etta Kett* was among thousands of strips that appeared in American papers during the 1920s–1940s, establishing the visual vocabulary and recurring-character format that would define the emerging comic book medium.