Modish Mitzi

Jay V. Jay's *Modish Mitzi* strips chronicle a young woman's fashion choices across the day—lace, morning wear, noon dress, and evening gown. Each panel pairs illustration with practical commentary on fabrics, construction, and current style. The strip exemplifies the Sunday newspaper comic's dual function: entertainment through recurring characters and domestic instruction through visual detail. By the 1920s, such strips occupied the back pages alongside sports and society columns, reaching millions of readers. The sequential panel format, speech balloons, and character continuity established by pioneers became the visual language that newspaper comics would pass directly into the emerging comic book medium.