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Grampy and the Folks

· May 1, 1915

Grampy and the Folks
A Sunday strip by Clare Victor Dwiggins featuring Grampy introducing a new character to the household. The comic demonstrates the visual conventions becoming standard in newspaper strips: sequential panels with speech balloons advancing a continuous narrative, recurring character types, and physical comedy. Dwiggins employs exaggerated expressions and body language typical of the era's cartooning style. The strip's episodic structure—introducing a guest, complications, and a domestic resolution—reflects how newspaper comics functioned as serialized entertainment for Sunday supplements and daily editions, establishing the character-driven formats that would define early comic book collections.

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