Kernel Cootie

This Sunday strip follows a father seeking medical advice, only to be upended by his son's dietary rebellion. The three-panel structure moves fluidly from domestic conversation through a doctor's office to physical comedy, using speech balloons to carry both dialogue and the strip's moral: conflicting expert opinions demand independent judgment. Published during the newspaper comics boom, *Kernel Cootie* exemplifies the visual storytelling conventions—recurring characters, sequential panels, and expressive linework—that transformed comic strips from simple gags into narrative form and laid the groundwork for the comic book medium itself.