The Misadventures of Sammy Small

This six-panel Sunday strip follows young Sammy Small through a domestic kitchen disaster. When instructed to watch a pot of boiling water, Sammy's inattention causes it to boil over—resulting in an explosive sequence of steam, chaos, and physical comedy across the page. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels with speech balloons, expressive character acting, and escalating slapstick consequences. Such recurring-character strips populated the Sunday newspaper pages of the early 1900s, establishing the grammar of comic narrative that would become foundational to the medium. The artist uses vigorous line work and dramatic spotting of black ink to convey movement and energy across the page.