Splinters

This Sunday strip by Steinigans follows a household theft foiled by watchful pets. The narrative unfolds across six panels with clear sequential progression: a man instructs his animals to guard against burglars, then watches from bed as his dog and cat intercept an intruder mid-heist. The burglar's panicked escape provides the comedic payoff. Rendered in bold black line work typical of early newspaper comics, the strip employs speech balloons and varied panel compositions to advance its joke. Published in the Sunday funny pages, *Splinters* exemplifies how newspaper strips of this era developed the visual vocabulary—recurring characters, panel layout, and sequential storytelling—that became foundational to comic book art.