Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel gag strip showing Everett True, the cantankerous protagonist who rose to prominence in early newspaper comics. The top panel establishes a fishing scenario; the bottom escalates True's exasperated reaction to a minor annoyance—"another one of those picnic pests." The strip demonstrates the visual language emerging in early 1900s comics: distinct panels, speech balloons, expressive caricature, and escalating physical comedy. True became a popular recurring character in daily and Sunday newspapers, part of the period when comic strips transitioned from simple joke sequences to character-driven humor. The strip's crude but energetic linework typifies the commercial newspaper illustration style that would directly influence the visual vocabulary of comic books.