The Great and Only Mr. Peewee

This Sunday page follows Mr. Peewee through four comic episodes drawn from newspaper headlines: a Long Island hurricane, a policy shop raid, radium discovery in Jersey mosquitoes, and a mock advice column. The strip exemplifies early 1900s comic page design—multiple independent gags stacked vertically, each with bold headline typography and crowded panels filled with gesture and exaggeration. Speech balloons carry rapid-fire dialogue. The recurring protagonist ties the disparate jokes together, a formula that dominated newspaper comics before the rise of serialized narrative. Simple line work and heavy blacks reflect the era's printing technology and the speed required for daily deadlines.