Out Our Way

A single-panel gag strip built around visual exaggeration and domestic comedy. Here, a retired sea captain struggles into a hammock strung between two posts, his contorted body and determined expression capturing the humor of an elderly man attempting an unfamiliar task. The caption explains his predicament: he insists he can only sleep in a hammock and has grown accustomed to this arrangement since moving into an apartment. The strip uses clear line work, expressive figure drawing, and spatial composition typical of 1920s newspaper humor. Out Our Way exemplifies how daily comic strips built humor through character quirk and physical comedy, establishing the narrative and visual conventions that would become foundational to comic book storytelling.