Comic Weekly by Frueh

This Sunday comic page from *The San Francisco Call* demonstrates the visual storytelling conventions that defined early newspaper comics. The strip follows a character through a series of physical gags—a kite-flying sequence that escalates from simple mishap to elaborate chaos. Artist Frueh employs sequential panels with speech balloons, establishing shots, and escalating action to build comic momentum. The page layout maximizes Sunday newspaper space with multiple tiers of panels, while the bottom strip of small character vignettes was typical of the era's format. By 1911, the Sunday comics section had become a major feature driving newspaper circulation, showcasing the visual language—panel borders, speech balloons, recurring characters—that would directly influence the emerging comic book industry.