Fun in the Jungle: Jocko and an Out-of-Sight Time

This Sunday strip follows a small monkey character named Jocko through a series of physical gags in a jungle setting. The six-panel layout moves from dialogue to slapstick action: Jocko plays hide-and-seek with an elephant, leading to tumbles, crashes, and collisions. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics—sequential panels, speech balloons, and a recurring protagonist whose mishaps drive the narrative. The exaggerated anatomy and rubber-hose movement of the characters reflect the era's cartooning style, while the straightforward panel progression and gag-per-panel rhythm established patterns that would become fundamental to comic strip construction throughout the twentieth century.