Der Bauer und das Kalb
Der Bauer und das Kalb is a German comic-strip sheet by Wilhelm Busch, published in Munich in 1862 as one of his Münchener Bilderbogen for a general popular readership. Twelve small framed panels tell the story of a farmer trying to lead a stubborn calf, drawn in crisp black line with minimal shading and captions set in verse below each scene. A designer could take from it the economy of sequential storytelling, where a few gestures and a clear frame grid carry the narrative without colour or background detail.
