Simon Simple Goes in for Hacking

This six-panel Sunday strip follows Simon Simple's misadventures with an automobile, establishing the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics. The sequential narrative—from initial repair attempt through escalating chaos—relies on panel borders, speech balloons, and recurring character types to drive the gag. The style exemplifies the slapstick comedy and exaggerated movement that dominated Sunday humor pages in the early 1900s. Newspaper comics like this served as the direct precursor to the modern comic book, pioneering the panel-based storytelling language that became the medium's foundation.