From the exhibition
Outbursts of Everett True
· March 31, 1909

A single-panel strip featuring the irascible Everett True ejecting an unwanted guest from his home. The protagonist, drawn with exaggerated features and gesticulating wildly, forcibly removes a thin man through the front door while delivering a tirade about intolerance for religious argument during polite company. The artist employs bold cross-hatching and dynamic line work to convey physical comedy and emotional intensity. *Everett True* strips appeared in newspapers as single-panel gags showcasing the titular character's hair-trigger responses to social irritations—a format that helped establish recurring characters and visual humor as newspaper staples in the early 20th century.
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