Outbursts of Everett True

This Sunday strip features Everett True, a volatile character who erupts into physical comedy when provoked by social situations. In the top panel, True reacts indignantly to criticism about his wife's fashion choices; the lower panel escalates to slapstick violence as he thrashes a man in response to being called a "dried-up old woman." The strip exemplifies early newspaper comic humor—character-driven, panel-sequential, with speech balloons advancing rapid gags. True's unpredictable fury provided readers with exaggerated wish fulfillment, a recurring personality that made him a popular fixture in Sunday papers during the first decade of comics' development as a distinct visual medium.