Outbursts of Everett True

A two-panel newspaper comic strip featuring Everett True, a pugnacious character in a wide-brimmed hat confronting a woman about proper attire. The top panel shows True insisting his companion wear her hat despite her vanity; the bottom depicts him forcibly placing a hat on a baby indoors. The strip employs the sequential narrative structure and speech balloons that became standard in early comics, with expressive line work conveying action and emotion. *Outbursts of Everett True* ran as a daily and Sunday feature in newspapers nationwide, epitomizing the humor strips that preceded and influenced the comic book medium. Artist A.D. Condo pioneered such recurring-character comics, establishing visual conventions—panel borders, exaggerated poses, domestic comedy premises—fundamental to comics language.