Nobody

This two-panel comic by Meek employs the visual vocabulary that became standard in newspaper strips: rectangular panels, speech balloons, and a recurring character rendered in simple but expressive line work. The gag trades on confusion and misdirection—a tattered figure cheers for "Taft," then claims "Nobody" is responsible when questioned, a play on the anonymity of the name itself. The strip demonstrates the economy of early comic storytelling: minimal backgrounds, exaggerated body language, and clear sequential narrative flow. By 1912, such strips populated Sunday and daily newspapers nationwide, establishing the formal grammar that would define comic books decades later.