Life — August 22, 1930 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Sinbad: Pine boards do not a prison make" This is a comic strip sequence showing a dog (Sinbad) repeatedly escaping from or breaching wooden fence enclosures. The title quotes Alexander Pope's famous line "Stone walls do not a prison make," applying it humorously to pine boards. The joke progresses through twelve panels depicting the dog's various escape attempts and exploits—jumping over fences, digging under them, breaking through, or simply ignoring the barriers. The cartoon satirizes the futility of trying to contain an determined, resourceful animal with inadequate fencing. The strip is credited to "EDWINA" (the artist's signature). It's a lighthearted observation about pet behavior rather than political satire, appearing in *Life* magazine's humor section.