H. E. Butzin with His Trusty Bow

This Sunday comic strip follows H. E. Butzin, an archer protagonist armed with bow and arrows, through a rapid-fire sequence of slapstick gags. The strip demonstrates the visual vocabulary of early newspaper comics: multiple panels arranged left-to-right, speech balloons indicating dialogue, and action lines conveying motion and impact. Butzin's attempts at archery stunts—referencing Robin Hood—go comically awry across five panels, each escalating the chaos with sound effects (ROW!, BAW!, CLARK!) and supporting characters reacting to his mishaps. The economical line work and exaggerated proportions typify the drawing style of Sunday supplements in the 1900s, when comic strips were establishing themselves as a distinct medium within American newspapers.