Fuller Bunk

This daily strip features a mustachioed character in formal dress and top hat, rendered in bold black line work typical of early newspaper comics. The single-panel gag format—common before multi-panel strips became standard—relies on visual exaggeration and typography to deliver humor. Fuller Bunk exemplifies the newspaper comic's role as a testing ground for character design and comedic timing. Early strips like this, appearing in dailies across America, established recurring characters and visual conventions that would become foundational to comic book art: expressive faces, dynamic poses, and integrated text that moves the eye through the frame.