A Thorough Hiding

This Sunday newspaper strip follows a domestic comedy centered on hide-and-seek and family chaos. The narrative unfolds across six panels with escalating mayhem: children initiate a game, an uncle arrives unexpectedly, the family mistakes him for an intruder, and a chaotic melee ensues. The strip employs the visual conventions established by early comic-strip pioneers—sequential panels, dialogue balloons, recurring domestic characters, and slapstick physical comedy. By 1918, such strips had become standard fare in Sunday newspapers, establishing the visual grammar and narrative structures that would later define the comic book medium. The artwork relies on cross-hatching and line work typical of newspaper printing, with composition designed for quick legibility across multiple discrete scenes.