Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel comic strip featuring the recurring character Everett True confronting a man about his straw hat. In the first panel, True observes the hat with annoyance; in the second, he physically attacks the wearer, shaking him vigorously while delivering a lecture on minding one's own business. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comic conventions: exaggerated expressions, action lines, speech balloons, and a protagonist whose violent reactions to minor social irritations drive the humor. Everett True strips ran in American newspapers during the early 1900s, establishing the daily comic as a vehicle for physical comedy and recurring characters—foundational elements in the development of the comic strip medium.