Judge, 1899-09-23 · page 6 of 17
Judge — September 23, 1899 — page 6: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a sequential comic strip depicting a seasickness narrative aboard a ship. A man tends to his ill wife, wrapping her in blankets (panel 1) and offering her a hot drink (panel 2). She becomes nauseous (panel 3) and lies down (panel 4). In panel 5, the husband angrily discovers someone sitting on his sick wife. Panel 6 shows the consequence: a crew member warns him to check where he sits next time "or you'll be going overboard"—a threat of being thrown off the ship. The humor relies on slapstick confusion during seasickness and the rough maritime threat. This appears to be early 20th-century leisure travel satire, mocking both seasickness afflictions and shipboard social chaos among passengers and crew.
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HOMEWARD BOUND. aH (en Mi 1, "Now, my dear sit down and let me wrap you up. You'll soon be all right. — 5. “Here! come out of this, What do you mean by sitting on my sick 6. — Look first where you sit down the next time, or you'll be going overboard,” wife?— comicbooks.com