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How Do They Do It?
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How Do They Do It?

· May 1, 1917

A six-panel Sunday comic exploring methods of making money through various schemes and occupations. The strip follows a narrative structure across its grid: a creditor pursues a debtor, a man claims agricultural success, another boasts of business speed, and scenes shift to groceries, checkers, and a fortune teller's fortune. The comic employs recurring visual devices—speech balloons, expressive caricature, sequential panel progression—that define newspaper comics of the era. By the 1910s, the Sunday page had become essential to the newspaper industry, driving circulation while establishing the visual language that would anchor the comic book medium emerging in the 1930s.

About this artifact

Date
May 1, 1917
Rights
Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
Restoration
Digitally restored and hosted by ComicBooks.com.

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