Splinters by Steinigans

A six-panel Sunday strip following a boy and his dog through a rainy-day adventure. The humor turns on the boy's attempt to catch the dog with an umbrella, which escalates into slapstick chaos across the neighborhood—collisions, tumbles, and a growing parade of animals in pursuit. Steinigans employs the visual vocabulary already standard in newspaper comics: sequential panels with clear sight lines, speech balloons advancing the narrative, and expressive character silhouettes readable at newsprint size. The recurring boy-and-dog pairing reflects the genre's reliance on familiar cast members to build reader loyalty across dailies and Sunday editions, the commercial engine that gave birth to the modern comic book.