The Newlyweds by George McManus

George McManus's *The Newlyweds* follows a young couple navigating domestic mishaps in their home. In this strip, a plumbing disaster unfolds across six panels as the husband attempts repairs, flooding the bathroom and eventually the flat below. McManus employs the visual syntax that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels, speech balloons advancing plot and character, and physical comedy rendered through expressive line work. The strip's recurring characters and domestic setting became foundational to the medium. *The Newlyweds* appeared in Sunday papers across America, one of many strips that established the newspaper comic as the precursor to the modern comic book form.