When Dogs Were Worshipped

Albert Payson Terhune's Sunday strip combines narrative prose with sequential art, a hybrid form common in 1920s newspaper comics. Old Man Negley and Colonel Prowse discuss ancient dog veneration across cultures while sharing a moment with a hit-and-run Chihuahua. The strip's layout—large illustration anchoring the page, multiple columns of text, dialogue balloons—reflects the era's transition between illustrated serialization and the visual storytelling that would dominate comics. Terhune's dog stories were popular features; this strip repurposes his literary interests for the Sunday funny pages, where celebrity authors experimented with graphic narrative.