Judge — April 18, 1931 — page 11: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Judge" Comic Strip Analysis This is a twelve-panel comic strip titled "Judge" (with character name "Pete" credited to C.D. Russell) depicting a courtroom scene that escalates into chaos. The narrative progresses from orderly judicial proceedings at the top—with figures seated around a judge's bench—to increasingly disorderly behavior: drinking, gambling with dice, physical altercations, and ultimately people fleeing or fighting in the final panels. The satire appears to mock the integrity of the judicial system, suggesting that courtroom proceedings devolve into lawlessness and corruption. The judges and court officials progressively abandon their formal roles, engaging in vice and violence. This likely critiques late 19th or early 20th-century concerns about judicial corruption or incompetence, a common target of *Judge* magazine's political satire.