Kid-ology

Ned Woodman's *Kid-ology* strips humor from a child's literal interpretation of the world. In this installment, a boy describes germs marching through town in search of his nose and mouth, so small they're invisible—yet he's devised a defense by coating pencils, marbles, and gum with them, hoping to sicken whoever touches these objects. The strip combines text-heavy narration with cartoon panels and magnified inset drawings, a common layout in early newspaper comics. Woodman employs exaggerated facial expressions and simple line work to capture childish logic, building the visual vocabulary that would define the Sunday and daily comic strip as a distinct narrative form.