George McMANUS Their Only Child Is it possible that he needed a spanking? India ink and watercolour on paper for a plate in four strips. Signed in the last panel. This strip family comic strip (the first success) was created in 1904, under the title The Newlyweds, and published in the New York World. It was renamed Their Only Child in 1912, when McManus was hired by a rival newspaper, The New York American. Snookums, the capricious baby his parents adore, appears in 1907: "The baby, while essentially a comic baby, has, as he pictures it, all the cunningness and charm of the real article, and all the faults which make the real baby so aggravating " (publisher's presentation). 56 × 41 cm. A new nanny to to look after this sweet and so wise? Poor thing, she doesn't what awaits her. He's crying and he cries, and she asks him to stop. Then she finds what calm him down: a little spanking, and everything quickly back to normal. Dare to touch Snookums, such a perfect baby? The father and mother distraught, couldn't believe it. believe it. Now he's asleep. Shhh, don't make any noise, we mustn't wake him. How lucky he is to have such caring, insignificant insignificant. George McMANUS A new nanny for to look after this sweet child and so wise? Poor thing, she what awaits her. He's crying, and he cries, and she asks him him to stop. Then she finds what to calm him down: a little spanking, and everything quickly went back to normal. quickly. Dare to touch Snookums, such a perfect baby? The father and and mother, distraught, can't bring themselves to do it. believe it. Now he's asleep. Hush now, don't make a sound, you mustn't wake him up. How lucky he is to have such caring parents, and so insignificant.