Smitty — The Chairman

This daily strip follows Smitty, an office boy whose schemes and misadventures drive the plot. Here, the boss warns him away from the room's chaos—only for Smitty to inadvertently cause more trouble while supposedly staying put. The strip uses sequential panels with speech balloons and sight gags typical of newspaper comics of the era. *Smitty* exemplifies the daily strip format that emerged in early-twentieth-century newspapers, establishing visual conventions—panel borders, word balloons, recurring characters—that became foundational to modern comics. The strip's humor relies on physical comedy and character type, reflecting the slapstick traditions of vaudeville and silent film adapted for the comic page.