Grimes's Goat

A Sunday newspaper comic strip by Steinigans following the misadventures of a mischievous goat that wreaks havoc on its owner and urban society. The eight-panel sequence traces the animal from a clothing store theft through explosive chaos in city streets, culminating in destruction at a building entrance. The strip demonstrates the visual vocabulary of early comics: sequential panels with speech balloons, exaggerated slapstick action, and recurring character gags. Such newspaper strips were the direct precursor to comic books, establishing the medium's fundamental grammar and proving comics' commercial viability in American dailies and Sunday editions during the 1910s.