Petey Dink

This Sunday strip episode from *Petey Dink* follows the titular character through a five-panel narrative arc. The opening panels establish backstory through dialogue and memory, while subsequent panels shift to a domestic scene where Petey interacts with other characters. The strip uses the visual grammar standard to newspaper comics: distinct rectangular panels, speech balloons capturing conversation, and sequential action that unfolds logically across the page. The pen-and-ink line work is energetic, with hatching used for shading and texture. *Petey Dink* was among the daily and Sunday strips that formed the foundation of American comic art in the early twentieth century, when newspaper publication was the primary medium through which the visual language of comics—panel borders, word-image integration, recurring characters—reached mass audiences.