Splinters by Steinigans

A six-panel Sunday strip following a mischievous gnome or elf through escalating chaos. In the first panel he torments a small creature; by the middle frames, his antics with rope and domestic objects spiral into mayhem indoors. The final panel shows him cornered, facing consequences. Steinigans uses clear panel borders, expressive line work, and sequential staging typical of early newspaper comics. The recurring character and narrative progression across panels exemplify the visual storytelling methods that emerged in Sunday supplements and dailies during the 1910s—techniques foundational to the development of comic book form.