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Everett True Comics

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A place to appreciate the twentieth century comic character Everett True of "The Outbursts of Everett True." Feel free to check out the sticky.

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Printed 115 years ago today in The Atlanta Semi-Weekly Journal. Image cleaned up a bit, see the original.

Found on the Library of Congress site.

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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 26 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Oof, imagine a drunk Everett True.

[–] Isoprenoid@programming.dev 10 points 2 days ago

Maybe he would be a chill drunk, not an angry drunk. I wouldn't be brave enough to test that idea.

[–] sundray@lemmus.org 24 points 2 days ago (1 children)
[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 10 points 2 days ago

oooh THAT's what it is.... I thought it was just a flowerpot or something...

[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago

Some interesting articles on the page where this cartoon appeared:

  • an editorial on Charles Morse, who was a convicted swindler. Fun fact: he was eventually imprisoned and shared a cell with Charles Ponzi, before tricking his way out of jail.
  • "Our Romantic Vegetables"
  • A story about Robert Peary disparaging Frederick Cook's claim to be the first person to reach the North Pole.
  • A diplomatic incident in which the American ambassador to China had to be dismissed

I had a friend who "joshed" me like this, we're still friends, actually, but he had to grow up a bit.