Life — February 27, 1931 — page 9: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Sinbad: Hello—Goodbye!!!" This is a sequential comic strip showing a man repeatedly encountering a small dog in his armchair. The strip depicts a cycle: the man discovers the dog sitting in his chair, attempts to remove or shoo it away through various methods (pointing, chasing, using a broom or newspaper), but the dog persistently returns to the same spot. The humor derives from the futile repetition—the man's escalating frustration contrasts with the dog's stubborn refusal to stay gone. The title "Hello—Goodbye" suggests the man's greeting is immediately followed by the dog's reappearance, creating an endless, comedic loop. This likely satirizes domestic annoyances or the impossibility of training a stubborn pet, resonating with early 20th-century American household humor.