Judge — June 16, 1928 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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# Analysis This satirical cartoon critiques the nascent "Husband-of-the-Month Club" in Hollywood. The multi-panel layout shows crowded stadium seating filled with spectators observing the club's activities—suggesting Hollywood marriages are treated as public entertainment spectacles. The dialogue bubble states: "But he wasn't damaged when he left here, madam?"—implying husbands cycle through the club and emerge "damaged" from serial marriages. The satire targets Hollywood's reputation for frequent divorces and remarriages during the early-to-mid 20th century, when celebrity marriages were volatile and heavily publicized. The joke treats matrimony as a commercial enterprise where husbands are exchanged like consumer goods, with public fascination turning intimate relationships into spectator sport. The cartoon mocks both Hollywood's marital instability and celebrity culture's sensationalism.