Salesman Sam

A four-panel daily strip following Sam's misadventure naming a new horse. When a customer suggests "Crusher," Sam's enthusiasm sets off a chain of physical comedy—the horse bucks him across the panel borders in escalating chaos. The strip exemplifies the visual momentum of 1920s newspaper comics: quick gag sequences, recurring protagonist, sequential panel layouts that guide eye movement, and speech balloons anchoring character voices. *Salesman Sam* belonged to the daily newspaper format that directly preceded the modern comic book, establishing the language of action, dialogue, and visual storytelling that would define the medium.