The Adventures of Kitty Cobb

James Montgomery Flagg's *Kitty Cobb* serial appeared in the Sunday newspaper comics section, where it told episodic stories through sequential panels and dialogue balloons. This episode, "Sir! I'm a Married Woman!" shows Flagg's clean line work and his use of close composition to convey character reaction. The strip exemplifies the visual conventions that emerged from early 1900s newspaper comics: recurring protagonists, divided page layouts, and integrated text advancing plot. Newspaper comic strips like this formed the direct ancestor to the comic book format, establishing the language of sequential art that dominated twentieth-century popular illustration.