Judge, 1925-10-03 · page 2 of 36
Judge — October 3, 1925 — page 2: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis This page from *Judge* magazine features a reader contest ("Draw Your Own Conclusions!") offering $25 for the funniest ending to an incomplete comic strip. The three visible panels show a convict in striped prison clothing wielding a pickaxe in what appears to be an escape scenario—first breaking through a prison wall, then breaking through a cave wall, and finally approaching a castle tower at night where a guard stands watch. The incomplete fourth panel (Contest No. 10) invites readers to submit humorous conclusions to this prison-escape narrative. The contest mechanism exemplifies early 20th-century interactive magazine content, where reader participation was entertainment itself. The convict character and escape premise suggest this plays on familiar criminal-narrative tropes popular in period humor and illustration.
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DRAW YOUR OWN CONCLUSIONS! JUDGE will pay $25 for the funniest ending to this Comic Strip You do not have to be an artist. The winning ending will be selected for its origi mall to the D. Y. O. C. Editor of 627 W. q ality of kien, Fanon; arsd cleveress Es heetnn, Provesiinal artista ere bar Bae of Juege: 3 oe New York, Draw your ending, in ink, on white’paper, the same size as ce No. 4; or if STEN “endit as ish, but ill you prefer, make Your sketch right on No.'4 space, cut it out (No 4 only}—-and October 12. ah trier tte ti the issue OF Sead Contest closes Contest No. 10 he Post-Office at New York City.N-Y. under Act of March 3.1879. $5.00 a pear, 1Se a copy. a mS, and Great Britain’ ‘Doualas Hi. Cooke, President; Kendall jorman ‘Anthony, Vice-Presidents; Joseph T. Cooney, Ast Teaser and Ast Bosesry: ‘William Morris Hougton, 62 St., Particular attention is led A the fact that every article and picture appearing in Jupce is ane the peoviatgon of Secon 3 of the Copyright Law of the U. 8. For advertising rates address E. R. Crowe & Company, Inc., New York: 23 Vanderbilt Avenue, Chicago: 225 North Michigan Avenue. comicbooks.com