Prince Errant: Haha Evens Things Up with the King

This Sunday comic strip follows Prince Errant and his clever companion Haha through a six-panel sequence of escalating comic chaos. The jester escapes from the castle's small chamber into the open air; the King forbids him from eating the careworn chap free; Haha retaliates by inviting himself and a mysterious old blunderbuss to stay with the royal household. The strip's rapid panel progression, speech balloons anchoring character voices, and recurring protagonists showcase the visual storytelling conventions that emerged from newspaper comics in the early 1900s. The gags rely on physical slapstick and verbal wit traded between established characters, a formula that defined Sunday supplements and helped establish comics as a distinct narrative medium separate from editorial illustration.