From the exhibition
Fuller Bunk Says
· June 26, 1920

This single-panel comic strip features a character in a straw hat and formal dress, drawn in the bold-line style typical of early newspaper comics. The gag relies on visual wordplay: the figure demonstrates a tailoring technique using what appears to be a straw or pipe as a measuring tool. The "Fuller Bunk Says" format frames the joke as practical advice, a common approach in 1920s newspaper comics that blended humor with tips or folk wisdom. The heavy inking and exaggerated facial features reflect the era's cartooning conventions, when newspaper comics pages became a major vehicle for sequential art and visual humor that would directly influence the development of comic books.
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