The Newlyweds—Their Baby

George McManus's *The Newlyweds* exemplifies the Sunday newspaper comic strip at its peak: a full-page sequence of domestic humor told across nine panels. The strip tracks a young couple and their infant through a single day—from morning shock at the baby's crying to evening squabbles over parenting duties and household expenses. McManus employs the visual vocabulary becoming standard in comics: bordered rectangular panels, speech balloons for dialogue, sequential narrative flow, and recurring characters. The strip's humor derives from physical comedy and marital friction rendered through exaggerated poses and facial expressions. Published in newspapers nationwide, such strips shaped early comic art by proving that serialized visual storytelling could sustain reader interest across multiple panels and return visits.