Judge — September 2, 1922 — page 24: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a seven-day comic strip calendar satirizing American life and current events circa 1921. Each numbered panel depicts a different historical reference or social commentary: The strip includes references to **Labor Day** (panel 11, showing a labor-related figure), **Prohibition-era drinking** (visible bottle imagery), and period fashion like the **"Palm Beach suit"** mentioned in the caption—a lightweight suit popular during the 1920s. Various panels appear to reference **Jack Dempsey** (the heavyweight boxing champion), **patent/invention themes**, and everyday American anxieties and humor of the era. The drawings use exaggerated caricature typical of Judge magazine's satirical style. The overall structure presents a week in the life filled with topical jokes—boxing, drinking culture, fashion, and social concerns—that would have been immediately recognizable to Judge's contemporary 1920s readers but require historical context for modern audiences.