Karl and Erite Put Wings on Grandpa's Pipe

This six-panel comic strip by Eimer Schromann follows two children's escalating mischief with their grandfather's pipe. Starting when Grandpa naps, Karl and Erite attach wings to the pipe, leading him on a wild chase through house and street. The strip employs the visual conventions that define early newspaper comics: sequential panels with clear narrative progression, expressive character drawings, and sight gags built on physical comedy. Published in the Chicago Tribune, this Sunday page exemplifies how turn-of-the-century newspaper strips developed the language of modern comics—recurring child characters, domestic settings, and humor derived from situation rather than text alone.