Those Fizzle Boys Take Innocent Ike Out Hunting

This Sunday comic strip follows a slapstick hunting expedition gone wrong. Four panels show young characters preparing a rifle, setting out into the woods, accidentally firing and hitting each other, and returning home in defeat. The strip uses speech balloons, sequential panel layout, and exaggerated physical comedy typical of early newspaper comics. By 1902, the Sunday funnies had become a staple of American newspapers, showcasing artists experimenting with recurring characters, visual gags, and the formal language of comics—panel borders, dialogue placement, and expressive line work—that would become the foundation of the medium.