Judge — July 23, 1927 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a humorous comic strip showing a meek man's fantasy scenarios of revenge against someone who has wronged him. The sequence depicts increasingly absurd and violent fantasies—the man imagines himself hitting the other person with a golf club, swinging at them, tying them up, and subjecting them to various physical punishments. The satire targets the contrast between how timid, socially anxious people *wish* they could respond to insults or slights versus their actual passive behavior. It's a relatable joke about the gap between inner rage and outer meekness. Each panel escalates the fantasy into more cartoon-like, impossible scenarios, emphasizing how these vengeful daydreams are mere wishful thinking for someone too nervous to actually confront anyone.