Buddy and His Friends

This daily strip by Robe L. Dickey follows Buddy, a scrappy dog, and his canine companions through neighborhood misadventures. The three-panel sequence shows Bucky Kelly's scheme to chase Tom Jones around the block, which backfires when Buddy and Angus intercept the action—and someone makes off with a bone. Dickey's energetic ink line and expressive character poses typify early newspaper comics, where recurring animal protagonists and simple sight-gags sustained reader interest across multiple installments. The strip's visual economy—minimal backgrounds, dynamic movement, clear sequential narrative—reflects the formal conventions emerging in 1920s dailies that would become foundational to comic-book storytelling.