Ratty and Algy at Niagara Falls

This strip follows two gentleman characters on a comedic mishap at Niagara Falls. The narrative unfolds across six panels: Ratty is supposed to be a trustworthy guide but immediately loses their supply boat to the current; the men end up in the water anyway; they admire the falls from their precarious perch; the boat goes over the falls; they plummet after it; and they wash ashore. The strip employs the visual vocabulary now standard to comics—sequential panels, speech balloons, expressive line work, and character consistency—techniques pioneered in newspaper comics of this era. Sunday newspaper strips like this one provided the formal foundation for the medium, establishing how to convey action, dialogue, and humor across multiple frames.