We begin our One-Shot Wonder series with an entry by cartoonist A.B. Canon, who has never yet been featured here on Stripper’s Guide. And he deserves to be remembered, even though he did very few newspaper series. Because what Canon lacked in polish, he sure made up for in frentic action. This strip is the on-paper equivalent of a Looney Tunes episode. Between the gunplay and the thwarted beheading, Canon actually manages to squeeze in a pretty good gag about Pocohontas saving John Smith mainly for the tobacco plug in his pocket. 

Canon contributed to the Philadelphia Inquirer‘s Sunday comics section  from 1901-1903. Other than that I know nothing about him. This one-shot was penned in 1902 (see Canon’s signature) but did not run in the paper until January 18 1903.