Lord Longbow—He Plays a Confidence Game on Ostriches

This Sunday strip follows Lord Longbow through four panels as he executes a con against a pair of ostriches in the African desert. The narrative unfolds left to right: Longbow spots the birds while traveling; he devises a trick involving their legs; he executes his scheme; his confederates assist in the finale. The strip employs the visual conventions emerging in early newspaper comics—discrete panels with dialogue balloons, sequential action, and a recurring character whose misadventures drive humor. Published during the golden age of the Sunday funnies, when newspaper comic strips were establishing the visual grammar that would define the medium for decades.