Uncle Wiggily's Adventures

This Sunday newspaper strip by Howard R. Garis and Lang Campbell follows Uncle Wiggily, an anthropomorphic rabbit whose mishaps drive the visual narrative across nine panels. The strip demonstrates the emerging language of newspaper comics: sequential panel layout, speech balloons carrying dialogue and thought, and a recurring cast of animal characters. Uncle Wiggily adventures through domestic and outdoor scenarios—each panel advancing a gag or complication. The loose ink linework and expressive character design are typical of the 1920s newspaper Sunday page, when comic strips served as a primary mass medium and established the conventions that would structure comic books for decades to come.