Judge — July 10, 1926 — page 10: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This is a single cartoon titled "Boy—Aw, another darn eel!" The image depicts a chaotic seaside carnival or circus scene (note "MAY 21 CIRCUS" on a building). Children and spectators engage in various activities—boating, acrobatics, juggling—while one boy's exclamation suggests frustration with repeated encounters with eels in the water. The humor appears to be straightforward slapstick: a child repeatedly pulls up eels while fishing or boating, finding them annoying or startling rather than interesting. It's a simple gag about unexpected, unwanted repetition rather than political satire. The page number and magazine context indicate this is from *Judge*, but the cartoon itself contains no identifiable political figures or social commentary—it's purely recreational humor about a carnival mishap.