At first, Old Master Q was chiefly a four-panel comic strip, with each set explaining a Chinese idiom. Later, the comic was expanded to six-, eight- and 12-panel versions to suit different tastes, with the six-panel version being the most popular.
《老夫子》初期以 4 格漫畫為主，每一組闡釋一個成語，之後為了適合各報不同版本的需求，開始有 6 格、8 格，最多 12 格，其中讀者最熟悉的還是 6 格漫畫。