Judge, 1892-12-03 · page 16 of 52
Judge — December 3, 1892 — page 16: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This comic strip satirizes racial stereotypes and depicts a scenario involving a Black servant stealing cigars from his white employer's cigar shop. The narrative follows the theft and subsequent punishment: the employer discovers cigars are missing, suspects the servant, and devises a plan to teach him a lesson by giving him "loaded" (exploding) cigars. The final panels show the cigars exploding when the servant attempts to smoke them, with the doctor arriving to treat the injuries. The title "A Miscarried Punishment" suggests the employer's scheme backfires or produces unintended consequences. The comic relies on racist dialect and caricature typical of early 20th-century American humor, depicting theft and violence against a Black character as comedic material.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
2, "Loaded cigars, sir? Yas, sir. We always keep them in stock. Loaded clean to the brim, One dozen? Thank you, sir.” ._ De boss nebber ‘pears to miss de cigars I take—Laws, here comes somebody!" A MISCARRIED PUNISHMENT, comicbooks.ggn