The Newlyweds by George McManus

George McManus's *The Newlyweds* occupies the top tier of this Sunday newspaper comics page, establishing the domestic sitcom strip format that would dominate comics for decades. The strip follows a young married couple navigating household mishaps—here, the husband's mishearing "da-da-da" sounds and domestic confusion. McManus employs the visual vocabulary now standard to comics: sequential panels with gutters, speech balloons, and recurring characters in predictable situations. The strip's humor derives from physical comedy and marital miscommunication, reflecting early twentieth-century urban middle-class anxieties. Appearing alongside *Dad in Kidland* and *Willie Fibb*, this page represents the Sunday newspaper comics section as the direct precursor to the comic book format, where artists developed the panel layouts, narrative pacing, and character-driven storytelling that became the medium's foundation.