Judge, 1932-04-23 · page 5 of 36
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# "Judging the News" - April 19, 1932 This editorial cartoon page satirizes Depression-era economic hardship. The masthead features caricatured editors evaluating current events. The main cartoon by Dave Gerard depicts two dejected figures beneath a dead tree—symbolizing economic collapse—with the caption "Cheer up, Ed. They can't say see didn't keep it a clean magazine." The accompanying text mocks contemporary economic contradictions: economists claiming prosperity was "just around the corner" despite rising taxes, men considering bankruptcy preferable to divorce, and business owners claiming receivership is "more blessed" than giving credit. The satire targets both failed economic predictions and the absurd mental gymnastics people employed to cope with the financial crisis, while the cartoon's dead tree suggests their optimism is hollow.
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152203 cis Jack Snurtieworr, Edite: ROE JEAN NATIAS Richavro J. Watse Stoxty S. Lexz, Contributing Fditors JUDGING NEWS V HEN your creditors come knock- ing at the door be nonchalant light out! Ax? with an expected deficit 4 amounting to more than two bil- lion de at the end of the current fiseal year, it wouldn't surprise us to see this ec ry yo into the hands of the Democrats Honest have been telling us ~that prosperity was just around the corner, but when we got there it was only taxes, ND nowadays, a man can consider #himself successful if he's able to keep out of both the bankruptcy and the divorce courts A™ it's mighty funny that these all park concessionzires never have any trouble over signing up the same old peanuts year after year M ANY a business man these days i is trying to convince his credi- tors that it is more blessed to give credit than to go into receivership. “Cheer up, ied. They can't say we didn’t keep ita clean magazine.” comicbooks.com