Telling Tommy

This Sunday strip by Pim uses sequential panels and speech balloons to deliver a biographical gag about Mark Twain. A child asks his father about a funny man, prompting a detailed account of the writer's life and works. The strip's format—large central portrait, surrounding narrative panels, and a punchline—typifies 1920s newspaper comics that blended education with humor. By this period, the Sunday funnies had become a standard vehicle for both recurring characters and topical subjects, establishing visual conventions that would define comic storytelling for decades to come.