Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel domestic comedy strip featuring the volatile Everett True and his wife Mrs. True. In the first panel, True receives a warning about a mule; in the second, he's thrown into the air by the animal, his distress undercut by his own bluster about returning to town and inconveniencing his doctor. The strip uses the fundamental visual vocabulary of early newspaper comics: bordered panels, speech balloons, exaggerated poses, and a recurring character whose explosive temperament drives the humor. Published in the Sunday pages, *Outbursts of Everett True* exemplified the slapstick and domestic farce that dominated the comics' first decade, establishing patterns of character consistency and sequential gag construction that would define the medium.