Etta Kett

A comic strip following the romantic misadventures of Etta Kett, a young flapper navigating modern courtship. The strip uses the visual conventions established by earlier newspaper comics: sequential panels arranged left to right, dialogue in speech balloons, and recurring characters in domestic and social settings. Etta Kett appeared in Sunday pages and dailies, reaching millions of readers through syndication. The strip's humor relies on the rapid-fire banter between characters and physical comedy—hallmarks of American newspaper comedy strips that preceded and shaped the comic book format. Paul Robinson's work exemplifies how newspapers served as the primary medium for sequential narrative art before the rise of the modern comic book industry.