Der Schiffer und die drei bösen Buben
A German-language Bildergeschichte sheet from 1886 by Fritz Steub, a cautionary comic strip for children told in rhyming verse under panels. The two pictures show a boatman's rowing boat with mischievous boys, then rows of small comic panels of boys misbehaving and being punished, drawn in loose colour with clear, simple figures. A designer could take from them the compact panel-by-panel storytelling and the bold, cartoonish gesture of slapstick.
