From the exhibition
Outbursts of Everett True
· August 23, 1905

A single-panel comic strip showing a man in formal dress being ejected from what appears to be a gentlemen's club or bathing establishment. His exaggerated, angular body contorts mid-flight as bystanders react with shock. The strip employs speech balloons to convey rapid-fire dialogue: a complaint about bathing attire, mock sympathy from staff, and a threat to report the evicted patron as a nuisance. The artist uses bold ink lines and caricature to amplify comic effect. This strip exemplifies early newspaper comics' visual vocabulary—expressive figures, sequential action, and verbal gags—that would become foundational to the medium.
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