Our Antediluvian Ancestors

This Sunday newspaper comic follows a prehistoric family and their pet dinosaur through six sequential panels. The strip uses speech balloons, expressive character work, and panel-to-panel narrative to build gags: a father figure seeks money for 'Papa's wake-up,' a woman admires a dinosaur suitor, children watch the creature devour a screen door, and family members express worry and exasperation at the chaos. The artist employs heavy blacks for silhouette and detail, capturing comedic timing through body language and scale contrast. The strip exemplifies early-1900s newspaper comics' visual storytelling methods—recurring characters, domestic situations, and creature-based humor—that became foundational grammar for the medium.