Makin' B'lieve

A Sunday comic strip following children engaged in imaginative play. The narrative moves through six panels as young characters stage an elaborate pretend scenario—dining, dressing, and role-playing as adults—before their fantasy spirals into chaotic action. The strip employs the visual conventions established by newspaper comics: sequential panels, speech balloons, varied composition, and expressive linework. Published during the explosive growth of Sunday newspaper comics, *Makin' B'lieve* captures the period's fascination with childhood behavior and vernacular humor. The strip's visual grammar—panel borders directing eye movement, dialogue advancing plot—reflects techniques pioneered by cartoonists working in daily and Sunday pages, whose formal innovations directly shaped the emerging comic book medium.