Grimes's Goat

A Sunday newspaper strip following a boy's escalating attempts to win a movie pass by obtaining Grimes's coat from a mischievous goat. Across eight panels, the narrative unfolds through physical comedy: the goat evades capture, creates chaos at a clothing store, and leaves destruction in its wake. The strip employs sequential art conventions—panel borders, speech balloons, and visual pacing—that became foundational to comic storytelling. The recurring character and continuous plot across multiple panels exemplify how newspaper comics developed narrative momentum and character-driven humor, establishing templates that would define the medium for decades.