Mr. Wad Buys a Polo Pony—Cheap!

This Sunday comic strip follows Mr. Wad's misadventure purchasing a bargain polo pony. Across six panels, the narrative unfolds through speech balloons and sequential art: Wad boasts of his deal, attempts to ride the fractious animal, and suffers escalating comic consequences—bucking, falling, and humiliation. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comics' visual grammar: defined panel borders, expressive character design, and slapstick humor dependent on action sequences. Recurring protagonist Mr. Wad anchors the humor in class comedy, typical of Sunday pages that entertained mass audiences through eccentric wealthy characters and their comeuppances. This format—serialized humor in daily and Sunday papers—formed the foundation from which comic books later emerged.