Reg'lar Fellers

Gene Byrnes's *Reg'lar Fellers* followed the daily adventures of a gang of urban boys—a staple of newspaper comics. Here, one character boasts that his Uncle Larry Cullen could be "the greatest aviator, ball player or actor ever," sparking a debate about which profession matters most. The strip's four-panel structure and visual continuity across panels exemplify the grammar that newspaper dailies and Sunday pages established: recurring characters, sequential narrative, and speech balloons anchoring sight gags and wordplay. *Reg'lar Fellers* ran from 1917 to 1949, anchoring the Hearst syndicate's lineup and helping define the comic strip as a medium distinct from editorial cartooning.