From the exhibition
Tommy Town — Hunt Find Them
· September 17, 1905

This six-panel strip follows Tommy and companions on a hunt through the countryside. The narrative unfolds through sequential panels with speech balloons—visual devices pioneered in newspaper comics of the 1890s. The artist uses consistent character design and naturalistic linework typical of early-1900s Sunday supplements. Each panel advances the plot through action and dialogue: a wager leads to pursuit, escalates to mishaps with livestock, and culminates in physical comedy. The strip exemplifies how newspapers serialized comic narratives before bound comic books existed, establishing recurring characters and episodic stories that would define the medium for decades.
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