The Top o' the Mornin'

W. D. Nesbit's *Top o' the Mornin'* exemplifies the Sunday comic supplement as it emerged in early-twentieth-century newspapers. The page combines narrative strips with standalone gags, speech balloons, and sequential panels—visual techniques that newspapers were still codifying. Recurring characters interact across multiple short stories: a courting couple, working-class men, and domestic situations form the core humor. Nesbit's loose, expressive linework and varied panel sizes show how cartoonists were experimenting with layout and pacing to guide readers through jokes. These Sunday pages, alongside daily strips, established the structural and visual conventions that would define American comics for decades.