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Kitty Khaki — She Didn't Know Olive Drab's Joke Was Loaded

· August 18, 1917

Kitty Khaki — She Didn't Know Olive Drab's Joke Was Loaded
A six-panel comic strip following Kitty's misunderstanding of a practical joke involving loaded dice. The narrative progresses through wordplay and physical comedy: Kitty loses her wrist watch, discovers two fingers missing from her right hand, and accidentally shoots craps—only to realize the dice were weighted. The strip employs the visual vocabulary of early newspaper comics: sequential panels with speech balloons, exaggerated character expressions, and sight gags building toward a punchline. Named characters (Kitty, Olive, the Captain, Cyril) recur across installments, creating continuity typical of daily and Sunday strips. The artwork uses bold linework and cross-hatching. During World War I, military-themed humor dominated the comics pages, with characters in uniform and slang-filled dialogue reflecting contemporary soldier culture.

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