From the exhibition
The Triplet Boys Give Uncle a Lively Farewell
· February 26, 1905

This Sunday strip follows three mischievous boys tormenting their departing uncle through escalating pranks. The narrative unfolds across six panels with clear visual progression: the boys request more nails, the uncle arrives for goodbye, chaos erupts with the triplets swarming him, and the final panel reveals their uncle trapped and overwhelmed by their antics. The strip employs the conventions of early newspaper comics—sequential panels, speech balloons, and a recurring cast—that emerged from the Sunday funnies of the 1890s onward. The exaggerated proportions and bold black silhouettes characteristic of this period's cartooning create dynamic action sequences that drive the slapstick humor.
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