Pranks of the Fourpaws

A Sunday comic strip by W.L. Wells with verses by C.B. McDonald, *Pranks of the Fourpaws* depicts a giraffe and kangaroo engaged in a series of competitive tricks and pranks. The six-panel layout uses sequential art to develop a narrative arc: the animals boast of their abilities, execute increasingly elaborate acrobatic feats, and finally declare themselves equals. Speech balloons convey dialogue and internal monologue, while detailed pen-and-ink cross-hatching creates dimension and movement. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comics' reliance on physical comedy, animal characters, and verse to sustain reader interest across the Sunday page format that helped establish the visual and narrative conventions of the medium.