Spareribs and Gravy Are on the Wrong Trail

This Sunday strip follows two characters—a tall figure in military dress and a smaller companion—on a misguided expedition. Across six panels, they consult a map, struggle with provisions, rest, and ultimately confront the reality of their navigation error. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels with speech balloons advancing a continuous narrative, recurring characters, and physical comedy. The loose, expressive line work and heavy blacks are characteristic of the Sunday funny pages that emerged in the 1890s. These serialized strips established the visual language—panel layout, dialogue placement, character consistency—that became the foundation of the comic book medium.