Judge — October 31, 1931 — page 9: what you’re looking at

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# "Judge and Pete" - A Hunting Comic Strip This is a sequential comic strip titled "Judge" (top) and "Pete" (bottom), depicting a hunting scene. The narrative shows a judge character attempting to shoot at game birds, while his hunting dog repeatedly retrieves the birds he misses. The satire appears to mock judicial incompetence or hypocrisy—the "Judge" is ineffectual and relies entirely on his dog "Pete" to actually catch anything. The judge's fumbling attempts contrast sharply with Pete's competent retrievals, suggesting the judge receives undeserved credit for Pete's work. The strip likely satirizes how authority figures take credit for subordinates' labor, or how the judicial system operates through others' actual effort. The crude, energetic line work is typical of Judge magazine's style.