Judge, 1923-08-04 · page 35 of 36
Judge — August 4, 1923 — page 35: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This is a "Beginner's Luck" page showcasing amateur cartoonists' work submitted to *Judge* magazine. The page contains several unrelated humorous strips and single-panel jokes: **"Dad's Friend"**: A child's joke about inheriting his father's unflattering physical features—and embarrassingly, his old pants. **"That's Class!"**: Social satire about conspicuous consumption; a man wears a new silk shirt nightly, claiming wealth, but admits he only drives a laundry wagon (working-class job), so his "luxury" is actually laundry company property. **"A Call to Arms"**: A slapstick sequence about repeatedly trying to start a hand-crank automobile—a common frustration of early 1900s cars requiring multiple attempts, physical effort, and patience. **"Now That You're Out"**: Dark humor about an accident victim more concerned with suing for car repairs than personal damages. **"Alfred"**: A boxer joke playing on regional dialect ("wot's" = "what's"; "ain't"). These represent typical early-20th-century American humor: slapstick, class observation, and working-class struggles with new technology.
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BEGINNER'S LUCK J' pGE has set aside this page for the work of the budding artist. He hopes, in this way, to give help and en- couragement to the amateur whose work gives promise of real ability. Remember wthat a bright, original idea is all- important, then draw clearly with india ink on white paper. Address your con- tributions to Amateur Page, Juoar, 627 West 43d St., New York City. Drawn by Gee Drawn by Ear.e S. HAnvey. Dad’s Friend—Johnny, yqu_ have £ “That’s class! Wearing a new silk grown to be the living image of your Z) shirt every night. Did you inherit a father. You have your. father’s eyes, F million?” you have his nose, you have— / Li “Naw, I’m only driving a laundry Johnny (gloomily)—Yes, and I have A his pants, too. Drawn by C. W. SIMPSON. A call to arms. Z-HE cranks car 2 eNO SWITCH NUT OM B- CRariks AcAIN Drawn by Oxtinvo L. Oss. “Now that you're out of the hospital, I suppose you're going to sue for dam- ages, eh, old man?” Oldman—Damages h—ll! I’m going to sue for repairs. I got enough dam. ages already. 8- SPARK PLUGS AND. DISTRIBUTER OK. 9- Cranks AGAIN. NI IN ANGER CALLS VILLAGE SAP HEAD Over '2-THINKS HELL HAVE ARG JoKe on THE SAPHEAD Drawn by L. Jereway 15- sap READ TURNS. ee Alfred—Say, Julian, wot's the mat- THE CRANK ONCE AND ter? MOTOR STARTS. Julian—I boxed a couple rounds with “Kid Slappy.” “T didn’t know you were a boxer.” Such is life. “ain't,” Drawn by Ant JouNson, comicbooks.com