The Naps of Polly Sleepyhead

This Sunday newspaper strip follows a child character through a series of dream adventures triggered by daytime naps. Each panel depicts escalating fantasies—from encounters with mechanical devices and costumed figures to interactions with animals and fantastical characters. The artist employs the visual conventions becoming standard in early comic strips: sequential panels with explanatory captions below, expressive figure drawing, and contrasting use of black and white for narrative clarity. The recurring protagonist and episodic structure typify the Sunday supplement comics that emerged in the 1890s, establishing patterns that would define the medium: a single character in varied situations, visual gags dependent on panel-to-panel progression, and dreamlike logic that permitted rapid shifts in setting and circumstance.