Sunday Comic Section

This Sunday newspaper page from the St. Louis Republic showcases early comic strip conventions still developing in 1901. The strip "The Lamb: I Go, But I Will Return" employs sequential panels with speech balloons and exaggerated character expressions typical of the era. The visual language here reflects comics' roots in Victorian satirical illustration, with heavy cross-hatching and dramatic postures. These Sunday supplements were laboratories where artists invented panel layout, timing, and recurring characters that would become foundational to modern comic books.