Our Antediluvian Ancestors

This Sunday strip depicts prehistoric ancestors in a domestic scene, with a stone-age parent confronting rowdy children making noise with primitive percussion instruments. The gag plays on the anachronism of classroom discipline reaching back to human origins. Rendered in pen cross-hatching typical of early twentieth-century newspaper comics, the strip uses sequential panels and speech balloons to develop its joke across the page. The recurring characters and comedic premise reflect the Sunday supplement tradition that established visual storytelling conventions—panel layouts, expressive linework, and character-driven humor—foundational to the comic strip medium.