Splinters by Steinigans

A six-panel Sunday strip featuring two animal characters—a rabbit and a cat—who bury a splinter, only to have it grow into a fully formed cat. When the animals report the incident to "Splinters," a witch-like figure, she dismisses their problem, claiming no time for such minor troubles. The strip employs sequential art conventions essential to early comic development: distinct panels advancing narrative, speech balloons conveying dialogue, and recurring characters in episodic storylines. Appearing in newspapers during the formative years of comics, *Splinters* demonstrates how artists of this era established visual grammar—panel borders, character design, and pacing—that would become foundational to the medium's evolution from Sunday supplements to comic books.