The Adventures of Kitty Cobb

James Montgomery Flagg's *Kitty Cobb* serial appeared in newspapers as a pictorial story—the format that bridged Victorian illustrated journalism and modern comic strips. This panel shows Kitty losing her job when Mrs. Sanford visits the office, advancing narrative through sequential illustration with speech balloons and figure staging. Flagg's pen work emphasizes character expression and interior space, techniques essential to early newspaper comics. The Sunday page layout, with its multi-panel structure and recurring protagonist, exemplified how American newspapers monetized serialized humor and drama in the 1910s, establishing visual storytelling conventions that would define the emerging medium.