Judge, 1908-08-29 · page 10 of 16
Judge — August 29, 1908 — page 10: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a comic strip following "Nervy Nat," an apparent character series in Judge magazine. The six-panel narrative depicts Nat and a companion (Camper/Bill) on a fishing expedition that devolves into absurdist chaos. The humor relies on slapstick and wordplay rather than political satire. Nat encounters increasingly implausible creatures—claiming to spot a "whale or runaway sea-horse," then a "sea monster"—that the skeptical Camper dismisses as actual fish. The strip culminates in them accidentally catching something that appears game-like, with dark jokes about it being "uncanned" (freshly killed) rather than canned. The satire, if any, targets pretentious outdoor sportsmen who exaggerate their catches and encounters. The "political pulls" reference in panel 2 appears incidental wordplay rather than topical commentary. This represents Judge's lighter entertainment content alongside its more pointed satirical cartoons.
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Nervy Nat—** ve he ssake! can't you wa yiminy ! talk about your political pulls! VIL a runaway sea-horse, Dobbin! For tL L get my bathii w, what do you know al > Mere ew 8 xy Nat—Great Michael Donovan! You sassy minnow, you can’t but CU stay with this oli ct if ine drag . you'te not a weak fish, whatever you are. All right, old : f thou wouldst, but the sooner you bump 5 Nervy Nat—" ken for some sea 6 you tora lynx; but those Hays monster. | sighted." Camper crickets! what in blazes is that, Bill?” unto the day is the salmon f he rastes as savory as ell with the birdshot in my hack! Frankly, he’s the first uncanned one caught.” j NO. 57—NERVY NAT A. SHING GOES. COPYRIGHT, 19%, RY JUNGH COMPANY, FUR IPTH AVENUE, NEW YOUR, NOTE.—The First Serics of Nervy Nat's Adventures In no y, handeomety bound in book form. Price, 7 cent; 10 cent for portage when ordered by mail, Address JUDGE COMPANY, 225 Filth Avenue, New York.