Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel gag strip featuring the irascible Everett True at a "Painless Dental Parlors." In the first panel, True sits in the dentist's chair surrounded by cheerful, oblivious practitioners. The second panel shows him violently ejecting from the chair, having literally knocked the dentist backward. The humor turns on True's explosive reaction to the dentist's assurance of painlessness—a satirical comment on popular advertising claims. The strip's kinetic line work and exaggerated body language convey physical comedy through sequential frames, exemplifying early newspaper comic technique where recurring characters delivered daily gags that anticipated the comic book format.