Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel gag strip depicting the irascible Everett True confronting a bus conductor. In the first panel, True announces his intention to exit, startling the uniformed conductor. The second panel delivers the payoff: True has already thrown the conductor from the moving vehicle. The strip's visual vocabulary—distinct panel borders, expressive character faces, and sequential action across frames—exemplifies the comic strip language developed in early-twentieth-century newspapers. Everett True, a popular recurring character, built humor on exaggerated reactions and physical comedy, establishing formulas that would define newspaper comics for decades.