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# Judging the Stars: Jack Dempsey This page features artist Mauro Gonzalez's caricature of heavyweight boxer **Jack Dempsey**, famous champion of the 1920s. The article, "Four Rounds with Jack Dempsey," appears to be a humorous profile mixing boxing commentary with personal observation. The exaggerated caricature emphasizes Dempsey's physical features—his prominent jaw, broad face, and intense expression—typical of Judge's satirical style. The text references his "pugilistic history," his raw physicality ("big animal"), and his appearance, noting his "disorderly hair" and "sinewed back." This is celebrity satire: Judge mocks Dempsey's rough, brutish public persona while he was at peak fame. The humor derives from the contrast between his status as a celebrated athlete and the unflattering, almost grotesque portrayal of his appearance.
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JUDGE NIDGING x CKRQE by Mauro Gonzalez FOUR ROUNDS WITH ty JACK DEMPSEY to full stature. The brawny hand that is Jack's shakes the puny digits that are my own. For the first time he poses for me. I study. Short, Rounp One “CLANG!” sounds the metallic gong of time. Pugilistic history is measured from one “clang” to another. I watch Jack Dempsey, heavy- weight champion of the world. This is in Chicago in 1923. In this workout he looks like a big ani Disorderly hair—a sinewy back in perspiration shines as a mirror, The whip of ambition stings on the back of a primitive warrior. He responds with the fury of youth. 6 Morrison Hotel—a song from a bathroom. Dempsey in trou: 1 undershirt—a lion stretching in its cage! T is “It.” He rises stubby nose, with a little ball on the end—the monstrous jaw of a cannibal. Under this coarse exterior the heart of a boy. He enjoys my grotesque impression of him. “CLANG!” Rounp Two “In this cor-nah—Jack Demp- se) nudeville actor. In that corner of my studio I draw a profile of his remodeled nose. (Continued on page 26) comicbooks.com