Nobody by Meek

This comic strip demonstrates the visual language emerging in early newspaper comics: sequential panels, speech balloons, and a recurring character named Nobody. The strip's gag structure relies on comic timing across two panels—setup and payoff—showing how cartoonists were developing narrative pacing through layout. The character Nobody, rendered as a disheveled figure, functions as a sight-gag protagonist whose physical appearance drives the humor. Meek's line work and character design reflect the cartooning conventions of the 1910s newspaper page, when the Sunday comics and daily strips established the formal grammar that would define the medium for decades.