Our Antediluvian Ancestors

This Sunday strip depicts prehistoric humans and animals in a domestic scene, using the format that defined early newspaper comics: multiple panels with speech balloons, recurring characters, and visual gags arranged for maximum comic effect. The strip's humor relies on anachronistic situations—cavemen experiencing modern frustrations—a popular device in 1910s strips. The artist employs sketchy crosshatching and expressive linework typical of the era's Sunday pages, where color printing and larger formats allowed artists to develop the visual vocabulary of sequential art that would become foundational to the comic book medium.