Kitty Cartoon Strip by James Montgomery Flagg

This newspaper strip exemplifies early 20th-century comic storytelling, employing sequential panels with dialogue to develop narrative tension. Flagg uses crosshatching and pen line work characteristic of commercial illustration of the era. The recurring character Kitty navigates domestic drama—guilt and conscience over a quarrel with Bob. The strip's layout guides reader attention downward through panels, establishing visual conventions that would become foundational to comic strip and eventually comic book language. Flagg's work appeared in newspapers nationwide, demonstrating how the Sunday funnies functioned as serialized visual narratives predating the bound comic book format.