From the exhibition
Tweedledum, Tweedledee and the Other Trifluft
· January 9, 1903

This four-panel Sunday comic follows the misadventures of two characters and their companions through a series of sight gags and physical comedy. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels with speech balloons, exaggerated character expressions, and slapstick action. The loose, energetic line work and detailed cross-hatching are characteristic of turn-of-the-century newspaper comic art. Published in the era when Sunday supplement comics were establishing themselves as a distinct medium, this strip demonstrates how artists built recurring characters and situations into serialized narratives—a foundational principle that would evolve into the comic book format.
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