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Uncle Wiggily's Adventures

· February 20, 1921

Uncle Wiggily's Adventures
This Sunday comic page features Uncle Wiggily, a genteel rabbit gentleman who navigates domestic mishaps with his animal companions Nurse Jane, Timmie, and Kittie Kat. The narrative unfolds across nine panels as Uncle Wiggily attempts to repair a window curtain, a task that spirals into slapstick chaos. The strip employs the visual conventions that defined early newspaper comics: sequential panels, speech balloons, and recurring characters in episodic plots. Howard R. Garis's text and Lang Campbell's illustrations demonstrate how the Sunday funny pages functioned as a primary vehicle for developing comic narrative—establishing character, gag structure, and visual continuity that would shape the emerging medium of comic books.

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