Mr. Wad Thinks There May Be Some Truth In It, At That

A Sunday comic strip featuring Mr. Wad, a rotund character navigating domestic life with his cat. The strip demonstrates the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels, speech balloons, and sight gags built on physical comedy and wordplay. The cat's repeated "meow" and Mr. Wad's escalating frustration over a spilled potato garden drive the narrative across five panels. By the 1910s, recurring characters like Mr. Wad populated Sunday supplements, establishing the formula that would eventually migrate into comic books. The strip's reliance on expressive line work and exaggerated proportions typified the era's approach to humor—grounded in situations readers recognized, amplified through caricature.