The Newlyweds—Their Baby

George McManus's *The Newlyweds* strip follows a young couple and their infant through domestic scenarios built on physical comedy and visual repetition. Here, the baby's attempts at speech—"da-da," "da-um," "wuf?"—escalate into chaos as household pets join the scene, culminating in the child's triumphant babbling. McManus uses sequential panels, speech balloons, and consistent character design to establish narrative rhythm and comedic timing. The Sunday page format allowed artists to develop recurring characters and situations across multiple installments, a formula that became foundational to comic strip structure. McManus's clean linework and economical composition influenced the visual language of twentieth-century comics.