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Mr. Wad Took Titus Over to Pasadena to See the Polo Game Yesterday!

· February 20, 1913

Mr. Wad Took Titus Over to Pasadena to See the Polo Game Yesterday!
A comic strip from the Sunday newspaper pages showing Mr. Wad introducing his acquaintance Titus to high society at a polo match in Pasadena. The strip uses sequential panels, speech balloons, and physical comedy to build its humor across five frames: Wad's boastful introduction of Titus to society figures, Titus's increasingly frantic reactions to the unfamiliar setting, and a final slapstick payoff when he gets struck by a polo ball. The strip demonstrates the visual storytelling conventions that emerged from early newspaper comics—panel progression, expressive character design, and escalating gag sequences—which would become foundational to comic book art.

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