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Uncle Wiggily's Adventures

· April 11, 1920

Uncle Wiggily's Adventures
This Sunday page follows Uncle Wiggily, a rabbit gentleman, and his animal friends through a riverboat adventure. The strip showcases the visual vocabulary that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels advancing a narrative, speech balloons carrying dialogue and exposition, and a cast of recurring characters—here including Toodie, Noodie, Jackie Bow Wow, and Penelope—whose antics drive slapstick humor. Illustrator Lang Campbell renders the action with clear panel borders and dynamic compositions that guide the reader's eye. Published in the Sunday supplements that preceded the comic book, *Uncle Wiggily's Adventures* exemplifies how serialized comic strips in newspapers became the training ground for the medium's foundational language and commercial model.

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