Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel gag strip featuring the irascible Everett True, whose name describes his temperament. In the top panel, True sits with a visitor proposing a perpetual-motion stock scheme; in the bottom, True physically ejects the man through the door. The strip exemplifies early newspaper comics' reliance on exaggerated physical comedy and recurring character types. Artist James Swinnerton developed True as a vehicle for slapstick humor during the era when daily comic strips were becoming standardized features. The strip's panel structure, dialogue balloons, and sequence-based storytelling reflect the visual grammar being codified in newspapers that would directly shape the emerging comic book medium.