 Little Sammy Sneeze was a comic strip by American cartoonist Winsor McCay . In each episode the titular Sammy sneezed himself into an awkward or disastrous predicament . The strip ran from July 24 , 1904 , until December 9 , 1906 , in the New York Herald , where McCay was on the staff . It was McCay 's first successful comic strip , and was the first to use the word " comic " in its title .
3 Little Sammy Sneeze is notable for its use of innovative animation techniques .
In the first episode of Little Sammy Sneeze , a little boy named Sammy is at the seashore .