Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel Sunday strip depicting the irascible Everett True reacting to news of triplets. In the top panel, True explodes in shock upon hearing the announcement; in the bottom, he violently attacks the messenger with a club. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comic humor through exaggerated facial expressions, kinetic action lines, and physical comedy. *Outbursts of Everett True* ran in the New York Herald and pioneered the recurring-character format that would define the Sunday funnies. Artist James Swinnerton's bold linework and sequential storytelling—establishing cause and effect across distinct panels—helped establish visual conventions that became foundational to comic strip and comic book language.