Old Doc Yak: Three Guesses What Time Was It?

A Sunday strip featuring Old Doc Yak, a recurring character in early newspaper comics. The narrative follows a simple premise: the Doc must guess the time on a man's new watch. Through nine panels, speech balloons advance the gag across a sequence of guesses—first estimating monetary value, then examining the ornate mechanism, finally arriving at the correct answer. The strip demonstrates fundamental visual grammar: consistent character design, panel-to-panel continuity, and dialogue that drives comedic timing. By the 1910s, Sunday pages like this had become essential newspaper features, establishing conventions that would define the medium: recurring cast, episodic humor, and sequential art as narrative vehicle.