The Newlyweds by McManus

McManus's domestic comedy follows a young married couple through their bedroom mishaps in this six-panel Sunday strip. The husband's repeated attempts to undress and settle into bed are thwarted by his wife's concerns and complaints, building to physical comedy across the grid. The strip exemplifies the newspaper comic's visual conventions: sequential panels, speech balloons advancing plot, and a recurring cast navigating relatable situations. *The Newlyweds* appeared in major papers nationwide and helped establish the Sunday color page as prime real estate for comic narratives, influencing the structure and tone of humor comics that would dominate twentieth-century publishing.