From the exhibition
Little Lady Lovekins and Old Man Muffaroo
· October 23, 1904

This Sunday page presents an object lesson for children through sequential narrative: Little Lady Lovekins pursues a butterfly while Old Man Muffaroo follows, offering warnings about bad luck. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics—multiple rectangular panels arranged in reading order, speech balloons containing dialogue, and recurring characters in a continuous story. The artist uses cross-hatching and pen work typical of early-1900s newspaper reproduction. Published during the golden age of Sunday supplements, when comic strips became primary vehicles for visual storytelling, this page demonstrates how panels and sequential art were becoming the grammar of a new medium.
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