Outbursts of Everett True

This comic strip follows Everett True, an irritable gentleman whose hair-trigger reactions to minor social infractions drive the humor. In the top panel, True demands a cab while surrounded by clowns heading to a convention—his exasperation at being mobbed prompts a violent response. The lower panel shows the consequence: True wielding a club against the crowd, unable to enter the town without being "mobbed." The strip exemplifies the violent slapstick and recurring-character format that defined early newspaper comics. Artist Everett True popularized the form through daily and Sunday pages, using sequential panels and speech balloons to build comedic scenarios. True's rages became iconic, establishing the short-tempered protagonist as a stock character in American comics during the medium's formative years.