Pinhead Pete

A Sunday newspaper strip featuring Pete, a character defined by his oversized head and diminutive frame. The comic employs the visual conventions established by early newspaper strips: multiple panels with speech balloons, exaggerated character design, and sight gags rooted in physical comedy. Here Pete speculates on historical counterfactuals, imagining consequences had Theodore Roosevelt remained in South America. The strip demonstrates how Sunday comics of this era used recurring characters and topical humor to engage readers, establishing the formal vocabulary—sequential panels, balloons, character consistency—that would become foundational to comic books.