comic idiom
What does "The character Mr. Wang was derived from the Western comic idiom with all the familiar tropes of family life in the city." mean here??? can you explain the "comic idiom" to me a little, please?
"With 3,000 copies a week in circulation, Shanghai Sketch developed a few serial characters, including Ye Qianyu’s Mr. Wang, who first appeared in 1928. The character Mr. Wang was derived from the Western comic idiom with all the familiar tropes of family life in the city."