Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel strip depicting the irascible Everett True confronting a street musician blocking pedestrians. In the first panel, True and a companion observe the danger posed by the sidewalk performance. The second shows True's explosive response—literally kicking the musician away in a shower of debris. The strip exemplifies the visual vocabulary of early newspaper comics: sequential panels, dialogue balloons, exaggerated physical comedy, and a recurring protagonist whose outrageous behavior drives the gag. Created during the era when Sunday and daily strips invented modern comic narrative, *Outbursts of Everett True* helped establish the format that would become the foundation of the comic book industry.