Judge, 1932-10 · page 8 of 36
Judge — October 1932 — page 8: what you’re looking at
What you’re looking at
# Analysis of This Judge Magazine Page **Top Cartoon ("You Know Him!"):** A satirical character sketch of Oswald Smilch, presented as a stereotypically weak and ineffectual man—small-framed, meek, with physical quirks. The humor mocks his inability to succeed, characterizing him as a "poor relation" who merely "fills his role in life to perfection" through failure. **Bottom Cartoon ("Hitch-Hiker"):** Two characters appear lost in a desert landscape with pyramids, suggesting Egypt. The joke plays on miscommunication—one hitchhiker believed they were heading to Staten Island (New York), not this remote location, implying comedic incompetence in navigation or deception about directions. Both cartoons employ period-typical visual exaggeration and rely on character-based humor rather than specific contemporary events.
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Judge You Know Him! ow SMILCH is one tough baby. And by tough I don’t mean that he’s a big, husky bruiser. Don’t get me wrong. Oswald hasn't got the build of a Hercules or the rugged frame of a professional wrestler. Not at all. Ozzie Smilch is a meek, mild, little fellow with one blue eye and one brown eye. He stands about five feet four in his stocking feet— when his stocking: e feet—and he has a chin that recedes like one side of the eternal triangle. But Oswald has guts—to use the vernacular. Oswald has the staying power of a Scotch bill collector, and the endurance of a steam shovel watcher. To sum it all up, Oswald Smilch just fills his role in life to perfec- tion. Oswald Smilch is a poor relation. —D. M. Diehard RES Fy A Then there is the fellow who spent This used to be a nice little business his last two bits for a Hoover plate before the depression!” to put on the front of his automobile. HItcH-HIkER—Say, J thought you said you knew how to get to Staten Island! comicbooks.com