Judge — April 17, 1926 — page 35: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a reader-participation contest page from *Judge* magazine. The comic strip shows a hunter with a rifle confronting an angry bear near a tree. The three panels depict escalating conflict: the hunter aims at the bear, the bear appears to charge or retaliate, and in the final panel, the bear has apparently turned the tables—the hunter is knocked down with his rifle and supplies flying, while the bear looms nearby. Readers were invited to submit funny endings to complete the story, with the winner receiving $25. This reflects early 20th-century magazine culture where audience participation generated engagement and content. The humor derives from the reversal of expected power dynamics—the would-be hunter becoming the hunted. The strip's artist is signed "Milt Gross," a noted cartoonist of the era.