Judge — April 2, 1932 — page 10: what you’re looking at

What you’re looking at

# "Fish Story" - Judge Magazine Cartoon This is a six-panel comic titled "Fish Story" satirizing exaggeration and lying. The narrative shows a Judge (identifiable by his robes and bench in the first panels) who appears to catch a fish. The story progresses through increasingly absurd retellings: what begins as a modest catch becomes, with each retelling, a progressively larger and more fantastical tale, complete with increasingly elaborate illustrations of giant fish. The final panel shows the judge at his desk with a comically oversized fish, suggesting he's adopted the exaggerated version as truth. The satire targets how stories grow through repetition and how people—even authority figures like judges—can become invested in false narratives. It's a commentary on dishonesty and the human tendency to embellish, particularly relevant to a satirical magazine focused on exposing social and political falsehoods.