Judge, 1930-08-09 · page 8 of 36
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# Topical Revue - Judge Magazine Satire This page contains three cartoons satirizing contemporary American culture: 1. **Chicago aerial traffic**: Mocks Chicago residents' proposal to live permanently on "endurance piers" (observation towers), with planes creating noise ("Bang! Zing! Pt-pt-pt!"). 2. **Ancient Mesopotamia nudity**: A circular panel jokes that ancient theater nudity would violate modern court standards—naming performers Betty Bearskin, Earl Carnal, and Dotlie White-meat as stand-ins. 3. **Washington monument replacement**: Hugo S. Quench proposes replacing historical statues with "modern idols" (comic strip characters), shown here as oversized cartoon figures on pedestals replacing traditional heroes. This satirizes shifting cultural values and the modernization of American iconography. All three mock contemporary anxieties about progress, morality, and changing traditions.
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JUDGE Topical Revue 5000 Yeats Age ‘Today Chicago, Ill—It's safer Lamlum, Mesopotamia.—Nudity in theatre must cease, up here,” is slogan of Chicagoans who, taking their cue from court warns producer. Left to right, Betty Bearskin, endurance fliers, propose living permanently in the air. dancer; Earl Carnal, Dottie White-meat, show-girl. Washington, D. C-—“National heroes fast giving way to comic strip characters,” declares Hugo S. Quench, lobbyist, opening drive to replace old statues with the modern idols. e comicbooks.com