Mr. Wad Has Good Precedent for Changing His Mind—Wise Men Do It

A five-panel Sunday strip featuring Mr. Wad, a recurring character who shifts his political stance after hearing a woman's suffrage argument. The strip demonstrates the visual conventions established by early newspaper comics: sequential panel layout, speech balloons advancing both plot and humor, and a character type familiar to regular readers. By the 1910s, Sunday pages like this had become standard features in major papers, establishing the narrative and visual grammar that would define comic books. The artist uses exaggerated expressions and body language to convey comedy, relying on readers' familiarity with Mr. Wad's stubborn personality to complete the joke.