Grimes's Goat

A Sunday newspaper comic strip by Steinigans featuring a recurring cast of human and animal characters in slapstick scenarios. The narrative follows a con scheme to acquire Grimes's goat through promises of a suit from the Blue Front Clothing Store, escalating into musical chaos and physical comedy across nine panels. The strip employs standardized visual conventions—speech balloons, sequential panel progression, and exaggerated caricature—that were becoming the visual language of early twentieth-century comics. Originally published in newspapers, such strips formed the foundation of American comic narrative, establishing character arcs and comedic timing through the interaction of image and text across multiple frames.