Judge — July 7, 1928 — page 18: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This page contains a multi-panel comic strip satirizing theatrical and entertainment industry figures. The top panel depicts what appears to be a judge or authority figure confronting performers about excessive ad-libbing and loss of control during shows. Subsequent panels reference "Universal Sex Appeal," "Grind Street Follies," and a "U.S.A." reference—likely mocking vaudeville and burlesque entertainment popular in the era. The final panel includes a meta-commentary: an editor's note to a reader who criticized the artist's work as "lousy," inviting such critics to submit their own cartoons. This is self-referential satire about artistic criticism and the magazine's relationship with its audience—a common practice in Judge's pages where editors directly addressed reader complaints about quality or taste.