Uncle Wiggily's Adventures

Howard R. Garis's long-running newspaper strip follows Uncle Wiggily, an anthropomorphic rabbit who encounters animal friends and obstacles in episodic adventures. This page shows Wiggily and companions attempting to make roller skates, with nine panels arranged in three rows that advance the plot through dialogue and visual gags. Lang Campbell's illustrations use silhouettes and cross-hatching characteristic of early newspaper comic work. The strip exemplifies the Sunday supplement format that dominated the 1920s—serialized narratives with recurring characters, speech balloons, and sequential panel storytelling that directly preceded comic books as a commercial medium.