S-Stut-t-ter-ing S-S-Sam-m-my

This six-panel strip follows a small boy in a bowler hat encountering a tall, formally dressed gentleman with a top hat. The narrative builds through visual gags: the child attempts speech while the adult reacts with exaggerated bewilderment, progressing to physical comedy as the boy chases the man down a street. The strip employs the newspaper comic's evolving visual language—bordered panels, expressive line work, and speech balloons—to convey humor through sequential action rather than single jokes. Early Sunday strips like this established recurring characters and slapstick premises that would define popular comic entertainment for decades. The contrast between the child's small scale and the adult's formal dignity amplifies the comedic tension across the page.