Little Jimmy

In this Sunday strip, young Jimmy falls into a puddle and returns home soaking wet. His mother fusses over him, insisting he change clothes immediately to avoid catching cold. Jimmy then proposes using a towel to dry off, suggesting it would work 'same as a bath.' The gag plays on a child's literal logic and resistance to bathing—a common domestic comedy scenario in newspaper comics. Drawn in the clean, gestural style typical of 1920s dailies and Sunday pages, the strip demonstrates the visual storytelling conventions that emerged from early comics: sequential panels advancing a brief narrative, speech balloons conveying dialogue and character voice, and recurring cast members in domestic settings. Such strips appeared across America's newspapers, establishing the visual and narrative grammar that would define comic books.