Judge — May 24, 1924 — page 27: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This wordless comic strip, signed by Alif Grobb, depicts an artist sitting at an easel repeatedly struggling with his work and his model's behavior. The sequence shows the model variously: posing cooperatively, becoming distracted, falling asleep, moving around restlessly, and generally failing to maintain a steady pose. In the final panels, the artist's frustration escalates—he appears to chase the model away, then celebrates alone with exaggerated joy. The satire targets the traditional artist-model relationship, mocking both the difficulty of keeping a model still and the artist's mounting exasperation. It's a relatable workplace comedy about professional challenges that modern readers would recognize as commentary on the patience required in fine art practice.