Ha! 'Tis Reginald Clarence De Puyster!

This newspaper comic strip chronicles a slapstick sequence involving a small dog and a gentleman encountering an ornate screen or panel. Across twelve panels, the narrative unfolds through sight gags and physical comedy—the dog's interactions with the gentleman escalate from encounter to chaotic entanglement, culminating in collision and tumult down a staircase. The strip employs the visual grammar that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels with speech balloons, exaggerated character expressions, and dynamic body language. Published in the era when Sunday and daily newspaper strips were establishing the visual conventions that would become foundational to the medium, this work exemplifies the period's reliance on wordless action and repetitive gags to drive humor across multiple frames.