Origins of the Sunday Comics by Peter Maresca for April 25, 2014

That punch line is hilarious. Does the parrot stick around?

I think I actually remember Snookums.

The parrot is priceless!

For a moment I though it was made for Winsor McCay, the style, mainly the man, looks as Flip of Little Nemo comic strip.

So this is where Oliphant got the idea for the little penguin commentator from.