The Love of Lulu and Leander

This Sunday comic strip follows Leander's romantic misadventures with Lulu, a strong-willed young woman who frequently outwits and dominates her suitor. The six-panel layout uses sequential art to build comedic timing: Leander attempts introductions and declarations, while Lulu responds with skepticism, physical comedy, and sharp rejections. The artist employs speech balloons, expressive caricature, and exaggerated body language—visual techniques fundamental to newspaper comics. Set against urban and crowd scenes, the strip showcases the slapstick humor and character-driven narratives that defined early Sunday supplement comics, where recurring characters and melodramatic romantic plots entertained mass audiences through visual storytelling rather than text alone.