Polly and Her Pals — 1922-07-27

Four panels titled *Well, Well, What Could Be Easier* trace a tidy comic reversal: Paw spots the unwanted suitor Pete Plunk approaching and vows Polly will rid the house of him; Pete, holding flowers and facing a cat, confirms he swore not to take 'no' for an answer; a neighbor asks what on earth Polly will say to him — 'Nuthin, ninny!'; the final panel reveals Polly at a window saying yes to an entirely different caller, Tommy. Sterrett's clean ink line, expressive figures, and brisk balloon dialogue exemplify the daily newspaper strip format that preceded and directly shaped the comic book — syndicated pages like this one established the visual grammar, recurring cast, and episode rhythm that anthology comics of the 1930s would simply bind and sell.