From the exhibition
Uncle Mun
· April 1, 1911

This Sunday strip follows Uncle Mun through an April Fool's Day scheme. The narrative unfolds across nine panels arranged in a grid, showing Uncle Mun attempting to trick a child into finding a fake pocket—a gag that backfires when the girl discovers his real wallet instead. The strip employs the visual conventions established in early newspaper comics: sequential panels with speech balloons, recurring characters in domestic settings, and physical comedy as the primary source of humor. The style reflects the pen-and-ink drawing techniques of the 1910s newspaper page, where humor strips ran alongside news and advertising. Such weekly installments were foundational to comic narrative form, establishing how artists could tell jokes across multiple frames using panel borders, expressions, and timing.
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