Splinters

This Sunday page by Steinigans follows a small dog through a series of increasingly chaotic encounters. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels with speech balloons, expressive line work, and a repeating protagonist whose misadventures drive the narrative. Recurring characters like the dog and supporting figures appear across multiple scenes, creating continuity across the page. The gags rely on physical comedy and visual timing—hallmarks of silent-era humor that translated directly from vaudeville to the comics page. Such strips populated Sunday editions nationwide, establishing the basic grammar of panel layout and character development that became foundational to comic book storytelling.