The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead

This Sunday newspaper comic follows Polly Sleepyhead through a series of dreams triggered by an overheated stove. Each panel depicts her surreal adventures—from bumping into chocolate fudge to driving a motorcar through clouds—rendered in pen linework typical of early 1900s newspaper comics. The strip demonstrates key visual conventions that became foundational to the medium: sequential panels advancing a narrative, speech balloons for dialogue, and a recurring character whose adventures span multiple episodes. Sunday color supplements like this one, running in American newspapers weekly, established the commercial infrastructure and visual grammar that would define comic strips and eventually comic books.