Mr. Titus Wad Kicks Into the Fashion Show

This Sunday comic strip by Gale presents "Fashion Hints for Tightwads" from the fictional authority Mr. Titus Wad. The strip demonstrates early comics' reliance on recurring characters and visual gags arranged across discrete panels with speech balloons. Wad advises on economical dressing—pairing cheap dickeys with worn jackets, using automatic kneewear to hide worn pants legs, and selecting shoes that conceal holes. The comic employs exaggerated figure drawing and slapstick humor typical of 1910s newspaper comics. Sunday pages like this established the visual and narrative conventions that would define comic strip language: character consistency, sequential panel layout, and dialogue integrated with illustration.