Judge, 1907-03-30 · page 18 of 20
Judge — March 30, 1907 — page 18: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a six-panel comic strip featuring "Nervy Nat," a recurring character in Judge magazine. The narrative follows Nat's chaotic encounter with a rabbit he mistakes for Br'er Rabbit (the folk-tale character), which he plans to gift to a French Baroness. The humor derives from slapstick physical comedy: Nat gets tangled with the rabbit in increasingly absurd situations—rolling downhill in a log, getting chased, knocked around. The dialogue emphasizes Nat's exaggerated reactions and mock-sophisticated manner ("upon my immortal heel," "dome-spasms"). Panel 6 shifts to observational humor about New York City nightlife—commenting on Broadway crowds, the Flatiron Building, Times Building, and sarcastically noting the Statue of Liberty "in a cell in Ludlow Street jail" (a humorous social criticism about the neighborhood). The strip is lighthearted character-driven comedy typical of Judge's humor style, blending physical gags with urban wit rather than political satire.
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1, Nervy Nat—"" Well, upon my immortal heel! will you look who's here? Br'er Rabbit, as | breathe and exhale! | shall take him back to Paree and present him as an Easter offering to that dear old thing, the Baroness d’Abbon- Painte.” 3. Nervy Nar—" Say! how did you manage to get through this thing? Oh, gee! there's a spider weaving a Mexican drawn-work dolly in my left ear; and—br-r-r!—a glow-worm made a most unpleasant face at me. But I'm poming after you just the same."” 5. Nervy Nat—"No one but the artist can explain how a measly little rab- bit could start a log with me in it rolling down hill—and I ha’e me doots if he can. These pen-and-ink rabbits are really, don't you know—— Say! we have to stop somewhere. | believe one of my nervous dome-spasms Is walt- Ing for me "— 2. Nervy Nat—"'Come to Nervy, you fuzzy son-of-a-jack-rabbit! D. get the notion in your head that I'm going to play tag with you. 1 pro you the baroness won't eat you—she s a vegetarian. Come on, now: ut your fooling “"—— 4. Nervy Nat—"' You—you little rascal! You little, low-browed, bob-tail, banana-skin-eared wretch! you see the fix you've got me in, and you laugh! If I could extricate my semaphores I'd slap you into the next province. Hey! what are you doing? Stop rolling this log "—— wy Nat—"'The big dipper looks like a wash-tub to-night. Isr Broadway gay to-night? See how the rude people are pushing the b wagons off the sidewalks! Oh, look! The Flatiron and the Times bu! are whispering in each other's ears. And, good heavens! the Statue of Lib erty is in a ceil in Ludlow Street jail. COPYmaNT 1907 BY JUDGE COMPANY PUBLIBNENS B20 FOURTH AVE. REW YORE NERVY NAT AND THE EASTER RABBIT. Nots.— The First Series of Nervy Nat's Adventur rm. Pric iress JUDGE COMPANY, 22 comicbooks.com