The Important Mr. Peewee, the Great Little Man

This Sunday comic strip follows Mr. Peewee through urban mishaps—a collapsing bridge, a theatrical fire, interference by police and officials—each panel advancing the narrative with dialogue balloons and sequential action. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comics: a recurring small-statured protagonist, multiple self-contained scenes per page, slapstick humor, and the visual conventions that shaped the medium. By 1903, such strips had become standard features of Sunday editions, establishing the panel structure, speech balloons, and character-driven storytelling that would define comic books and graphic narrative for generations.