Little Sammy Sneeze

This Sunday strip follows a simple premise: a child's sneeze triggers escalating chaos across six panels. The artist uses sequential panel layout to build comic momentum—each frame shows the sneeze's expanding ripple effects on adults and animals around him. Speech balloons carry explanation and reaction; visual gags accumulate as the disaster spreads. The recurring character and formulaic structure exemplify early newspaper comics, which developed in the 1890s–1900s as papers competed for readers. Artists working in this era pioneered the visual language still used today: panel division, word balloons, character consistency, and sight gags arranged for maximum impact across a fixed grid.