Home Wanted by a Baby!

A Sunday strip by Clare Victor Dwiggins depicting a young couple's chaotic apartment search with an infant in tow. The narrative unfolds across six panels using sequential art conventions—speech balloons, expressive figures, and varied compositions—that had become standard in newspaper comics by the 1910s. Dwiggins employs slapstick humor as prospective landlords react with alarm to the baby's mess and noise. The strip exemplifies how early newspaper comics developed visual storytelling through recurring characters, sight gags, and panel-to-panel progression, establishing the visual language that would define the medium for decades.