Stepbrothers—Being a Caddy Isn't So Slow After All

A golf-themed comic strip from the San Francisco Call's Sunday section, following two stepbrothers as caddies on the links. The strip's twelve panels trace a physical comedy sequence: mishaps with clubs, tumbles, and escalating slapstick involving the players and a large golf bag. Speech balloons drive the gags forward while establishing character relationships. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comics' reliance on visual slapstick and recurring characters to sustain reader interest across the Sunday page—the format that established foundational grammar for the emerging medium: sequential panels, dialogue balloons, and weekly serialization that would define American comics.