Kitty Khaki

This Sunday strip follows Kitty Khaki and her female soldier companions through four panels of military life during World War I. The humor centers on brave young women in uniform and the minor accidents of service—here, Private Bertie Smith's paint-stained finger. The strip uses the full visual vocabulary of newspaper comics: bordered panels, dialogue balloons, recurring characters in consistent settings, and sequential gags that build across the page. Like most strips of the era, it appeared in Sunday supplements, establishing the narrative and design conventions that would define comic books. The military-themed strip capitalized on wartime readership while maintaining the light tone expected of popular entertainment.