Mr. Wad

This six-panel Sunday strip follows a doctor's visit with his patient Mr. Wad, who rambles through a catalog of ailments—yawning, insomnia, nervousness—before the exasperated physician prescribes a simple remedy: a pop on the head. The strip's humor rests on the escalating absurdity of pseudo-medical diagnosis and the physical comedy of its punchline. Rendered in the bold outline style and sequential panel structure that became standard in American newspaper comics, the strip exemplifies the visual conventions pioneered in the 1890s and early 1900s—speech balloons, expressive caricature, and the rhythm of gag-driven narrative that would shape the emerging medium of comic strips and eventually the comic book form.