Foxy Grandpa

This Sunday page follows the slapstick formula that made *Foxy Grandpa* a newspaper staple: two boys attempt to trick their elderly grandfather, only to have their scheme backfire. The strip uses sequential panels with speech balloons to unfold the gag across six frames—a visual structure pioneered by newspaper comics in the 1890s. The recurring character of the cunning old man outwitting youth became a popular archetype in early comic strips. Published in newspapers nationwide, such strips established the visual grammar of panel progression, character consistency, and comedic timing that would define the emerging medium.