Outbursts of Everett True

A single-panel gag strip featuring Everett True, a bald, choleric businessman prone to violent outbursts. Here, True responds to a councilman's appeal for political party loyalty with characteristic aggression, threatening bodily harm if asked to sacrifice his vote. The strip employs the visual shorthand of early newspaper comics: exaggerated expressions, emphatic lettering in the speech balloon, and expressive hatching for movement and emotion. *Outbursts of Everett True* ran as a daily and Sunday feature, establishing recurring character comedy as a newspaper staple. Artist A. D. Condo's work helped popularize the single-panel joke format that would become foundational to comic strip design.