Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel Sunday strip by James Swinnerton featuring Everett True, an irritable gentleman who erupts at minor social offenses. In the top panel, True greets an acquaintance on a park bench; below, he launches into a tirade about fifteen minutes of casual conversation. The strip's humor derives from the violent disproportion between mundane social interaction and True's explosive response. Drawn in the quick, expressive style of early newspaper comics, the strip uses exaggerated body language and angry typography to convey character. *Outbursts of Everett True* was among the first strips to build comedy around a single recurring character type, helping establish the template for personality-driven humor that would define the funnies pages and influence the emerging comic book form.