Just Dog

A four-panel strip following a hungry stray dog's encounter with a well-fed gentleman. The narrative unfolds through sequential art and speech balloons: the dog is spotted looking malnourished, offered food and shelter, brought indoors where a meal awaits, and finally confronted with the reality of his new diet—corn beef and cabbage, far removed from his street expectations. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comic conventions: clear panel progression, expressive character acting, and humor derived from circumstance and dialogue. The loose pen line and cross-hatching recall the working style of dailies and Sunday supplements that established visual storytelling as a mass medium before the comic book industry emerged.