Judge — November 22, 1924 — page 14: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a futuristic satirical cartoon dated to Judge magazine, depicting a chaotic scene titled "In the Year 2000: Trying to find the old bus after the game." The cartoon shows a massive pile of wrecked and stacked vehicles near what appears to be a grand civic building (possibly a stadium or arena). Small figures navigate the debris. Speech bubbles include "Crank 'er!", "Darn the luck!", "Yes—we've got no gas!", and "We walk!" The satire mocks traffic congestion and automobile culture. By projecting parking and vehicle chaos into an exaggerated future scenario, the cartoonist critiques the growing automobile dependency of early 20th-century American life. The "old bus" reference and "Kelly's Service Station" sign suggest this relates to contemporary public transit and automotive concerns. The joke works through absurdist escalation—imagining the logical endpoint of unmanaged vehicle accumulation.