The Newlyweds—Their Baby

George McManus's domestic comedy follows a young couple navigating parenthood with their newborn. Across eight panels, the husband and wife react to their baby's cries and demands with exasperation and bewilderment—he retreats outdoors, she pleads for peace, both scramble to soothe an inconsolable infant. McManus uses sequential panel layouts, speech balloons, and physical comedy to chart the escalating chaos of sleepless nights and parental exhaustion. Published in the Sunday newspaper comic section, this strip exemplifies how early-twentieth-century comics refined visual storytelling through recurring characters and domestic situations that resonated with urban readers. The strip became a foundation for McManus's later career developing the visual language that would define modern comic narrative.