Judge — December 12, 1925 — page 35: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a reader-participation contest from *Judge* magazine. The page shows three incomplete comic strips (including one signed by Milt Gross, a prominent cartoonist of the era) where the final panel is blank. Readers are invited to draw their own humorous endings to these strips and submit them for a $25 prize—significant money during this period. The contest encourages originality and humor over artistic skill, explicitly barring professional artists from competing. The three visible strips show slapstick scenarios: a man being hit with a wrecking ball, someone caught in falling debris, and a figure dealing with water and blocks—typical physical-comedy setups common to 1920s-30s comic strips. Readers would complete the punchline visually. This represents *Judge*'s interactive approach to engaging its audience and filling content during the pre-television era.