Judge — September 22, 1928 — page 20: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

This is a multi-panel satirical comic about dating and romance advice. The top panel shows a man and woman at a table discussing what "love" actually is. The lower panels feature men giving contradictory relationship advice to each other. The humor stems from the absurdity of different perspectives on romance: one man claims you can tell a woman's feelings by her handshake, another brags about past romantic conquests, and a third discusses buying "a good installment plan" (suggesting women are commodities to be purchased). The final exchange mocks this commercialized view of relationships. The satire critiques how men of the era discussed romance—reducing it to either physical tells, conquest narratives, or financial transactions—rather than genuine emotional connection. The title "Laughs from the Shop" suggests these are workplace conversations, satirizing masculine banter about relationships as shallow and self-deceiving.