Life, 1900-02-01 · page 19 of 20
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This satirical comic strip by Gibson (the famous illustrator) shows the consequences of sexual indiscretion. The sequence depicts a man fishing who catches increasingly larger fish—a visual metaphor for escalating complications arising from an affair or romantic transgression. The final panel suggests he's been "caught" himself, likely by an angry spouse or family member. The title references the Victorian moral framework where sexual conduct outside marriage was considered imprudent behavior with visible, humiliating consequences. Gibson's work often critiqued upper-class social hypocrisy, and this strip relies on the period's association between masculine leisure activities (fishing) and the dangers lurking beneath respectable surfaces. The joke reflects early-1900s anxieties about masculine conduct and social propriety.
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