Judge, 1924-09-13 · page 66 of 72
Judge — September 13, 1924 — page 66: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
This page combines advertising with satirical comics. The top section is a **tobacco advertisement** for Craven Mixture (imported from London), using nostalgic sentiment—a woman associates the product with her father's character and good judgment. The main cartoon titled **"With the Newspaper Comikers"** appears to be self-referential satire about comic strip creation. It shows newspaper comic characters (ducks and other animals) discussing their own "lameness" and limited plots, with one character noting that despite having "two legs" like humans, the strips remain repetitive. The humor suggests Judge was mocking the predictability of newspaper comic strips. The lower comics show a character named **De Bink**, satirizing office dynamics: an apparently worthless employee ("a bump on a log") who actually possesses all the firm's intelligence, while his more impressive-seeming partner is incompetent. This inverts expectations about appearance versus actual capability. The "More Money" section advertises a mint vending machine business opportunity.
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Machine-transcribed from the original scan — historical spelling and the odd misread are preserved.
“This tin.dear, always reminds me of your Dad” He's not handsome and doesn’t dress extravagantly—but—when you come to his innermost qualities you find the real man, He used to tell me what wonderful tobacco it was. He talked to his friends for hours about its charms, how it was blended in the old-| fashioned way—how he could buy it in every part of the world. [ like | you to smoke it because I feel you, too, are the good judge he was. CARRERAS LTD. 55, Piccadilly, LONDON, W. Established 1788 New York Opice : 200, Fifth Ave You have the location for this Sc Mint} fender where it can earn $25 to $50 a week| rofit. Requires no atten- ‘ays out generously to pat- Heres ve Bink of THe FIRM OF DE BINK ANB A WHILE HERE IS SYLVESTER NAA SCest OF “THE FIRM — AT AGLANCE KE APPEARS NOTHING MoRE THAN A woRM: But Be BINK SAt AROCUNL LIKE A BUMP ON A LoG- IN THE OFFICE His BRAIN WAS A beENSe AS A Foo, WHILE NATURE SHOWS ONE OF HER ODD LITTLE QUIRKS IN THE FACT THAT UAN SCeCT WAS THE BRAINS OF THE WORKS! comicbooks.com