I Always Say: (Sez Gracie Allen)

A single-panel comic strip featuring Gracie Allen, the vaudeville performer and radio personality. The strip shows Allen holding a mirror to a man's face while delivering a quip about beauty being only skin-deep—with a jab at a third party's unfortunate appearance. The comic employs the visual conventions pioneered in newspaper comics: exaggerated facial expressions, speech balloon dialogue, and a punchy one-liner setup. Allen's persona as a quick-witted comedienne translates directly from stage and broadcast to print, demonstrating how newspaper comics capitalized on celebrity personalities to drive readership during the golden age of the Sunday funnies.