Winter Flannels

A nine-panel Sunday strip depicting a gentleman in long underwear enduring winter's discomforts. The sequence progresses from his initial reluctance to don flannel, through attempts to stay warm while skiing and ice-skating, to the itching and irritation that plague him throughout the cold season. The strip's narrative unfolds through sequential panels with speech balloons, establishing character reaction across multiple scenes—a structural approach central to newspaper comics' visual language. The cartoonist uses physical comedy and the recurring figure of the same character to explore a relatable seasonal problem, demonstrating how Sunday strips built humor through continuity and exaggeration rather than single gags.